Actually, this is a bug in the kicad source. It didn't used to be broken.
There is a call to " make rebuild_cache" in kicad- winbuilder and as is
noted on version.h it was designed to re-generate the version information.
The kicad cmakelists.txt would have to be fixed to fix this bug.
 On 23 Jun 2014 14:15, "Maciej Sumiński" <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi m,
>
> It seems to work the same way with Linux builds. Once version.h file is
> created, the version stored inside is used until it is removed.
>
> Regards,
> Orson
>
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> Title:
>   kicawinbuilder 3.4-2 do not update kicad version after a  building
>
> Status in KiCad Windows Builder:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   hi,
>   I've downloaded the new kicadwinbuilder version
>
> https://launchpad.net/kicad-winbuilder/trunk/kicad-winbuilder-3.4/+download/kicad-winbuilder-3.4-2.7z
>
>   everything is fine for building the apps, but when there is a new the
>   product release, the builder builds up all the applications, but the
>   version of kicad is not updated...
>
>   following the log messages after a build of version 4952 (first build
>   run) and a new build following the version 4953 ...
>
>   Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
>   (c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
>   C:\kw34p>make
>   -- KiCad-Winbuilder V3.4
>   -- Parallel build using 3 Processors
>   -- Build type: Release
>   -- Checking for environment problems
>   -- Checking for installed Bazaar
>   -- Checking for wxPython
>   -- Found wxPython
>   -- Downloading Latest Library Archive...
>   -- Checking for KiCad Documentation latest source
>   -- KiCad Documentation is up-to-date.
>   -- Checking for BZIP2
>   -- Checking for GLEW
>   -- Found GLEW
>   -- Checking for Cairo
>   -- Found Cairo
>   -- Checking for KiCad latest source code
>   -- Updating KiCad source code from bazaar head
>   -- Cleaning PCBNEW Python files to ensure good build...
>   -- Using KiCad Options:
>   -- -DKICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
>   -- -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
>   -- -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
>   -- -DPYTHON_ROOT_DIR=C:/kw34p/env/python
>   -- -DBUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
>   -- Building Release version of KiCad revision: 4953
>
>   [  0%] [  0%] Built target boost
>   Built target lib-dependencies
>   [  1%] Built target openssl
>   [  1%] Built target lib_dxf
>   [  2%] Built target potrace
>   [  2%] Built target idfcyl
>   [  2%] Built target idfrect
>   [ 32%] Built target bitmaps
>   [ 33%] Built target idf3
>   [ 33%] Generating headers containing GLSL source code
>   [ 33%] Built target shader_headers
>   [ 33%] Built target 3d-viewer
>   [ 33%] Built target avhttp
>   [ 34%] Built target pcad2kicadpcb
>   [ 34%] Built target polygon
>   [ 34%] Built target dxf2idf
>   [ 34%] Built target idf2vrml
>   [ 38%] Built target pcbcommon
>   [ 39%] Built target gal
>   [ 39%] Built target github_plugin
>   [ 47%] Built target common
>   [ 49%] Built target pnsrouter
>   [ 50%] Built target cvpcb_kiface
>   [ 50%] Swig source
>   [ 53%] Built target gerbview_kiface
>   [ 53%] Generating pcbnew_wrap.cxx, pcbnew.py
>   [ 63%] Built target eeschema_kiface
>   swig_import_helper fixed for C:/kw34p/build/Release/pcbnew/pcbnew.py
>   [ 64%] Built target pl_editor_kiface
>   [ 65%] Built target bitmap2component
>   [ 67%] Built target pcb_calculator_kiface
>   [ 68%] Built target kicad
>   [ 68%] Built target cvpcb
>   [ 69%] Built target eeschema
>   [ 69%] Built target gerbview
>   [ 70%] Built target pl_editor
>   [ 70%] Built target pcb_calculator
>   Scanning dependencies of target pcbnew_kiface
>   [ 70%] Building CXX object
> pcbnew/CMakeFiles/pcbnew_kiface.dir/pcbnew_wrap.cxx.o
>   bj
>   Scanning dependencies of target _pcbnew
>   [ 70%] Building CXX object
> pcbnew/CMakeFiles/_pcbnew.dir/scripting/pcbnewPYTHON_
>   wrap.cxx.obj
>   Linking CXX shared module _pcbnew.kiface
>   Linking CXX shared module _pcbnew.pyd
>   [ 84%] Built target pcbnew_kiface
>   [ 84%] Built target pcbnew
>   [ 84%] Fixing swig_import_helper in Kicad scripting
>   swig_import_helper fixed for C:/kw34p/build/Release/pcbnew/pcbnew.py
>   [ 84%] Built target FixSwigImportsScripting
>   [ 98%] Built target _pcbnew
>   [100%] Fixing swig_import_helper in Kicad scripting modules
>   swig_import_helper fixed for C:/kw34p/build/Release/pcbnew/pcbnew.py
>   [100%] Built target FixSwigImportsModuleScripting
>   -- Installing KiCad locally. Use RunKiCad.bat to run this version
>   -- Downloading runtime libraries..
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