--- Makefile.orig	2025-09-05 17:23:15 UTC
+++ Makefile
@@ -7,39 +7,15 @@ MSGSRC = $(wildcard po/*.po)
 
 TOLOCALIZE = src/extension.js src/prefs.js src/appIcons.js src/taskbar.js
 MSGSRC = $(wildcard po/*.po)
-ifeq ($(strip $(DESTDIR)),)
-	INSTALLTYPE = local
-	INSTALLBASE = $(HOME)/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions
-else
-	INSTALLTYPE = system
-	INSTALLBASE = $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions
-	SHARE_PREFIX = $(DESTDIR)/usr/share
-endif
+INSTALLBASE = $(DESTDIR)%%LOCALBASE%%/share/gnome-shell/extensions
 INSTALLNAME = dash-to-panel@jderose9.github.com
 
-# The command line passed variable VERSION is used to set the version string
-# in the metadata and in the generated zip-file. If no VERSION is passed, the
-# version is pulled from the latest git tag and the current commit SHA1 is
-# added to the metadata
-ifdef VERSION
-    ifdef TARGET
-		FILESUFFIX = _v$(VERSION)_$(TARGET)
-	else
-		FILESUFFIX = _v$(VERSION)
-	endif
-else
-	LATEST_TAG = $(shell git describe --match "v[0-9]*" --abbrev=0 --tags HEAD)
-	VERSION = $(LATEST_TAG:v%=%)
-	COMMIT = $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
-	FILESUFFIX =
-endif
-
 all: extension
 
 clean:
 	rm -f ./schemas/gschemas.compiled
 
-extension: ./schemas/gschemas.compiled $(MSGSRC:.po=.mo)
+extension: $(MSGSRC:.po=.mo)
 
 ./schemas/gschemas.compiled: ./schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-panel.gschema.xml
 	glib-compile-schemas ./schemas/
@@ -69,7 +45,6 @@ install-local: _build
 install: install-local
 
 install-local: _build
-	rm -rf $(INSTALLBASE)/$(INSTALLNAME)
 	mkdir -p $(INSTALLBASE)/$(INSTALLNAME)
 	cp -r ./_build/* $(INSTALLBASE)/$(INSTALLNAME)/
 ifeq ($(INSTALLTYPE),system)
@@ -88,17 +63,13 @@ _build: all
 	-rm -fR _build
 
 _build: all
-	-rm -fR ./_build
 	mkdir -p _build
-	cp $(MODULES) _build
+	cp $(MODULES) _build/
 	mkdir -p _build/ui
-	cp $(UI_MODULES) _build/ui
+	cp $(UI_MODULES) _build/ui/
 
 	mkdir -p _build/img
 	cd img ; cp $(IMAGES) ../_build/img/
-	mkdir -p _build/schemas
-	cp schemas/*.xml _build/schemas/
-	cp schemas/gschemas.compiled _build/schemas/
 	mkdir -p _build/locale
 	for l in $(MSGSRC:.po=.mo) ; do \
 		lf=_build/locale/`basename $$l .mo`; \
@@ -106,8 +77,3 @@ _build: all
 		mkdir -p $$lf/LC_MESSAGES; \
 		cp $$l $$lf/LC_MESSAGES/dash-to-panel.mo; \
 	done;
-ifneq ($(and $(COMMIT),$(VERSION)),)
-	sed -i 's/"version": [[:digit:]][[:digit:]]*/"version": $(VERSION),\n"commit": "$(COMMIT)"/'  _build/metadata.json;
-else ifneq ($(VERSION),)
-	sed -i 's/"version": [[:digit:]][[:digit:]]*/"version": $(VERSION)/'  _build/metadata.json;
-endif