New module attribute 'Applicability'.

[gnulib.git] / top / maint.mk

diff --git a/top/maint.mk b/top/maint.mk
index a7e31f0..be061a6 100644 (file)
--- a/top/maint.mk
+++ b/top/maint.mk
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ endif
 
 # Override this in cfg.mk if you are using a different format in your
 # NEWS file.
-news-date-regexp ?= '^\*.* $(VERSION_REGEXP) ('$$today')'
+today = $(shell date +%Y-%m-%d)
+news-check-regexp ?= '^\*.* $(VERSION_REGEXP) \($(today)\)'
 
 # Prevent programs like 'sort' from considering distinct strings to be equal.
 # Doing it here saves us from having to set LC_ALL elsewhere in this file.
@@ -572,13 +573,12 @@ sc_makefile_check:
            $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT) | grep -E '(^|/)Makefile\.am$$')       \
          && { echo '$(ME): use $$(...), not @...@' 1>&2; exit 1; } || :
 
-news-date-check: NEWS
-       today=`date +%Y-%m-%d`;                                         \
-       if head $(srcdir)/NEWS | grep $(news-date-regexp)               \
+news-check: NEWS
+       if head $(srcdir)/NEWS | grep -E $(news-check-regexp)           \
            >/dev/null; then                                            \
          :;                                                            \
        else                                                            \
-         echo "version or today's date is not in NEWS" 1>&2;           \
+         echo 'NEWS: $$(news-check-regexp) failed to match' 1>&2;      \
          exit 1;                                                       \
        fi
 
@@ -682,17 +682,6 @@ vc-diff-check:
          rm vc-diffs;                                          \
        fi
 
-# Use this to make sure we don't run these programs when building
-# from a virgin tgz file, below.
-null_AM_MAKEFLAGS = \
-  ACLOCAL=false \
-  AUTOCONF=false \
-  AUTOMAKE=false \
-  AUTOHEADER=false \
-  MAKEINFO=false
-
-built_programs = $$(cd src && MAKEFLAGS= $(MAKE) -s built_programs.list)
-
 rel-files = $(DIST_ARCHIVES)
 
 gnulib_dir ?= $(srcdir)/gnulib
@@ -758,15 +747,24 @@ alpha beta stable: $(local-check) writable-files no-submodule-changes
               || { echo "invalid version string: $(VERSION)" 1>&2; exit 1;};}\
          || :
        $(MAKE) vc-diff-check
-       $(MAKE) news-date-check
+       $(MAKE) news-check
        $(MAKE) distcheck
        $(MAKE) dist XZ_OPT=-9ev
-       $(MAKE) -s announcement RELEASE_TYPE=$@ > /tmp/announce-$(my_distdir)
+       $(MAKE) $(release-prep-hook) RELEASE_TYPE=$@
+       $(MAKE) -s emit_upload_commands RELEASE_TYPE=$@
+
+# Override this in cfg.mk if you follow different procedures.
+release-prep-hook ?= release-prep
+
+.PHONY: release-prep
+release-prep:
+       case $$RELEASE_TYPE in alpha|beta|stable) ;; \
+         *) echo "invalid RELEASE_TYPE: $$RELEASE_TYPE" 1>&2; exit 1;; esac
+       $(MAKE) -s announcement > /tmp/announce-$(my_distdir)
        if test -d $(release_archive_dir); then                 \
          ln $(rel-files) $(release_archive_dir);               \
          chmod a-w $(rel-files);                               \
        fi
-       $(MAKE) -s emit_upload_commands RELEASE_TYPE=$@
        echo $(VERSION) > $(prev_version_file)
        $(MAKE) update-NEWS-hash
        perl -pi -e '$$. == 3 and print "$(noteworthy)\n\n\n"' NEWS