Index: src/driver/Makefile.am
===================================================================
--- src/driver/Makefile.am	(revision 47a8d178de8d1c55043270cb9cc2b5a0ee3600ea)
+++ src/driver/Makefile.am	(revision 32b018eb28cdf22cb8857d44fc875ca9a69d6b29)
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 ## Created On       : Sun May 31 08:49:31 2015
 ## Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
-## Last Modified On : Thu Jan 28 09:04:40 2016
-## Update Count     : 7
+## Last Modified On : Fri Oct 28 13:46:06 2016
+## Update Count     : 10
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -26,6 +26,3 @@
 cc1_SOURCES = cc1.cc
 
-cfa.cc : ${abs_top_srcdir}/version
-	@true
-
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = @CFA_PREFIX@/bin/${bin_PROGRAMS} @CFA_PREFIX@/lib/${cc1lib_PROGRAMS}
Index: src/driver/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- src/driver/Makefile.in	(revision 47a8d178de8d1c55043270cb9cc2b5a0ee3600ea)
+++ src/driver/Makefile.in	(revision 32b018eb28cdf22cb8857d44fc875ca9a69d6b29)
@@ -100,5 +100,4 @@
 CFA_PREFIX = @CFA_PREFIX@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
-CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES = @CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES@
 CPP = @CPP@
 CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
@@ -543,7 +542,4 @@
 
 
-cfa.cc : ${abs_top_srcdir}/version
-	@true
-
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
Index: src/driver/cfa.cc
===================================================================
--- src/driver/cfa.cc	(revision 47a8d178de8d1c55043270cb9cc2b5a0ee3600ea)
+++ src/driver/cfa.cc	(revision 32b018eb28cdf22cb8857d44fc875ca9a69d6b29)
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 // Created On       : Tue Aug 20 13:44:49 2002
 // Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
-// Last Modified On : Tue Oct 25 21:29:48 2016
-// Update Count     : 152
+// Last Modified On : Thu Oct 27 22:19:37 2016
+// Update Count     : 154
 //
 
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@
 
 
+#define str(s) #s
+
 int main( int argc, char *argv[] ) {
-	string Version( CFA_VERSION_LONG );							// current version number from CONFIG
-	string Major( to_string( CFA_VERSION_MAJOR ) ), Minor( to_string( CFA_VERSION_MINOR ) ), Patch( to_string( CFA_VERSION_PATCH ) );
+	string Version( CFA_VERSION_LONG );					// current version number from CONFIG
+	string Major( str( CFA_VERSION_MAJOR ) ), Minor( str( CFA_VERSION_MINOR ) ), Patch( str( CFA_VERSION_PATCH ) );
 
 	string installincdir( CFA_INCDIR );					// fixed location of include files