X-Git-Url: https://git.quassel-irc.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fcommon%2Fgenversion.cpp;h=904e9718415f991b6b52829d9b2df4c0fa66cb18;hb=745f33ace5377addd6fec7991db594dd8c64984d;hp=3a552f3d1fd89f2cb3d6a7eda2a2e601cdef64fd;hpb=480eab8daec4fb56a6886918c6a913cc197330f1;p=quassel.git

diff --git a/src/common/genversion.cpp b/src/common/genversion.cpp
index 3a552f3d..904e9718 100644
--- a/src/common/genversion.cpp
+++ b/src/common/genversion.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /***************************************************************************
- *   Copyright (C) 2005-08 by the Quassel Project                          *
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005-09 by the Quassel Project                          *
  *   devel@quassel-irc.org                                                 *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
@@ -100,14 +100,23 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     verfile.close();
   }
 
-  // ok, create our version.gen now
+  // generate the contents for version.gen
+  QByteArray contents = QString("QString buildinfo = \"%1,%2,%3,%4,%5,%6,%7,%8\";\n")
+                                .arg(basever, descrver, dirty, committish, commitdate, protover, clientneeds, coreneeds)
+                                .toAscii();
+
   QFile gen(target);
-  if(!gen.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
+  if(!gen.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Text)) {
     qFatal("%s", qPrintable(QString("Could not write %1!").arg(target)));
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
-  gen.write(QString("QString buildinfo = \"%1,%2,%3,%4,%5,%6,%7,%8\";")
-           .arg(basever, descrver, dirty, committish, commitdate, protover, clientneeds, coreneeds).toAscii());
+  QByteArray oldContents = gen.readAll();
+  if(oldContents != contents) { // only touch the file if something changed
+    gen.seek(0);
+    gen.write(contents);
+    gen.waitForBytesWritten(10000);
+  }
   gen.close();
+
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }