Don't imply that $(_curr-ver) is the new version string.
ifneq (,$(_is-dist-target))
_curr-ver := $(shell build-aux/git-version-gen $(srcdir) .version)
ifneq ($(_curr-ver),$(VERSION))
- $(info INFO: running autoreconf for new version string: $(_curr-ver))
- dummy := $(shell rm -rf autom4te.cache; autoreconf -i && $(MAKE) clean && rm -f INSTALL)
+ $(info INFO: running autoreconf for new version string; old: $(_curr-ver))
+ dummy := $(shell rm -rf autom4te.cache; autoreconf -i -v && $(MAKE) clean && rm -f INSTALL)
endif
endif
endif