From 0817d233c8b1125dea5efd401605790185221cb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lourens Veen <l.veen@esciencecenter.nl>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:16:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix version detection to work with older gmakes

---
 support/shared/version.mk | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/support/shared/version.mk b/support/shared/version.mk
index 6758ba731b..95105413b1 100644
--- a/support/shared/version.mk
+++ b/support/shared/version.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 AMUSE_VERSION := $(patsubst v%,%,$(shell git describe --tags))
 
 ifeq (,$(AMUSE_VERSION))
-    AMUSE_VERSION := $(shell grep -v '^#' ../../VERSION)
+    H := #
+    AMUSE_VERSION := $(shell grep -v '^$H' ../../VERSION)
 endif
 
 export AMUSE_VERSION