Because we build inside our own git clone the build system falsely detects
a git build and tries to create a version information.
This fails miserably.

Disable the generation of the updated version.h file.
--- jq-1.8.0/Makefile.am.orig
+++ jq-1.8.0/Makefile.am
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@
 generate_ver = ver="`{ $(srcdir)/scripts/version || echo '$(VERSION)' ; } | sed 's/.*/\x23define JQ_VERSION \"&\"/'`"
 .remake-version-h: .FORCE
 	@ $(generate_ver); test "x`cat src/version.h 2>/dev/null`" = "x$$ver" || touch .remake-version-h
-src/version.h: .remake-version-h
-	mkdir -p src
-	$(AM_V_GEN) $(generate_ver); echo "$$ver" > $@
+#src/version.h: .remake-version-h
+#	mkdir -p src
+#	$(AM_V_GEN) $(generate_ver); echo "$$ver" > $@
 src/config_opts.inc:
 	mkdir -p src
 	$(AM_V_GEN) if test -x ./config.status; then \