Index: configure
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--- configure	(revision 2042d4115ef77af560b537206b13199ecdb5eaa6)
+++ configure	(revision 9a8dfcc22a0cb55b65ad97ee728cfe06c2b62751)
@@ -2964,5 +2964,7 @@
 			# may require auto* software to be installed
 
+rm -f version
 echo ${PACKAGE_VERSION} > version		# file containing version number for other tools
+chmod ugo-w version
 ver_major=`cut -d '.' -f1 version`		# subdivide version number into components at periods
 ver_minor=`cut -d '.' -f2 version`