diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index bdf638e..be82a58 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 # Build a release of tconfpy using 'make'
-# $Id: makefile,v 1.104 2005/01/16 09:41:04 tundra Exp $
+# $Id: makefile,v 1.105 2005/01/16 10:17:00 tundra Exp $
 # Requires a modern 'make' like GNU.
 
 
 PROGNAME=tconfpy
 TESTPROG=test-tc
 
-VERSION   = $(shell rlog -v ${PROGNAME}.py | python -c"import sys;x=sys.stdin.readlines();print x[0].split()[-1]")
+VERSION   = $(shell rlog -v ${PROGNAME}.py | cut -f 2 -d " ")
+
+HEADER1   = "WHATSNEW For '${PROGNAME}' ${VERSION}    (`date`)"
+HEADER2   = "----------------------------------------------------------------------"
+
 
 PREFIX    = py-${PROGNAME}
 DIR       = ${PREFIX}-${VERSION}