3 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c2566cc..13615f8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 dist
 fb.1
+fb
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 03bf66d..7252bc2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@ VERSION:=$(shell git describe | sed 's/^v//')
 MANDIR=/usr/share/man
 BINDIR=/usr/bin
 
-all: fb.1
+all: fb.1 fb
+
+fb: fb.in
+	@[ -n "$(VERSION)" ] || (echo "Error: version detection failed"; exit 1)
+	sed 's/@VERSION@/$(VERSION)/' fb.in > fb
+	chmod 755 fb
 
 fb.1: fb.pod
 	pod2man -c "" fb.pod fb.1
 
 clean:
-	rm -f fb.1
+	rm -f fb.1 fb
 	rm -rf dist
 
 install: all
@@ -20,9 +25,10 @@ uninstall:
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/fb.1
 
 dist: all
+	@[ -n "$(VERSION)" ] || (echo "Error: version detection failed"; exit 1)
 	mkdir -p dist/fb-$(VERSION)
-	cp -a fb fb.pod fb.1 COPYING Makefile dist/fb-$(VERSION)
-	sed -i 's/^VERSION=.*$$/VERSION="'$(VERSION)'"/' dist/fb-$(VERSION)/fb
+	cp -a fb fb.in fb.pod fb.1 COPYING Makefile dist/fb-$(VERSION)
+	sed -i 's/^VERSION:=.*$$/VERSION:="'$(VERSION)'"/' dist/fb-$(VERSION)/Makefile
 	cd dist; tar -czf fb-$(VERSION).tar.gz fb-$(VERSION)
 
 version:
diff --git a/fb b/fb.in
index 6781ed4..67f58a5 100755..100644
--- a/fb
+++ b/fb.in
@@ -11,12 +11,7 @@
 # Optional: xclip
 #----------------------------------------------------
 
-SCRIPTDIR="`dirname "$0"`"
-VERSION="`cd $SCRIPTDIR; git describe 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^v//'`"
-
-if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
-  VERSION="unknown"
-fi
+VERSION="@VERSION@"
 
 DELETE=
 EXTENSION=""