# File to record current GDB version number (copied from main dir Makefile.in)
GDBvn.texi : ${gdbdir}/Makefile.in
- echo "@set GDBVN `sed <$(srcdir)/../Makefile.in -n 's/VERSION = //p'`" > ./GDBvn.texi
+ echo "@set GDBVN `sed <$(srcdir)/../Makefile.in -n 's/VERSION = //p'`" > ./GDBvn.new
+ mv GDBvn.new GDBvn.texi
+
+# Updated atomically
+.PRECIOUS: GDBvn.texi
# Choose configuration for GDB manual (normally `all'; normally not tied into
# `configure' script because most users prefer generic version of manual,