maint.mk: fix VPATH issues.

[gnulib.git] / top / maint.mk

diff --git a/top/maint.mk b/top/maint.mk
index 11cb6a6..f0b889b 100644 (file)
--- a/top/maint.mk
+++ b/top/maint.mk
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ sc_makefile_at_at_check:
          && { echo '$(ME): use $$(...), not @...@' 1>&2; exit 1; } || :
 
 news-check: NEWS
-       if sed -n $(news-check-lines-spec)p $(srcdir)/NEWS              \
+       if sed -n $(news-check-lines-spec)p $<                          \
            | grep -E $(news-check-regexp) >/dev/null; then             \
          :;                                                            \
        else                                                            \
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ release-prep:
        fi
        echo $(VERSION) > $(prev_version_file)
        $(MAKE) update-NEWS-hash
-       perl -pi -e '$$. == 3 and print "$(gl_noteworthy_news_)\n\n\n"' NEWS
+       perl -pi -e '$$. == 3 and print "$(gl_noteworthy_news_)\n\n\n"' $(srcdir)/NEWS
        $(emit-commit-log) > .ci-msg
        $(VC) commit -F .ci-msg -a
        rm .ci-msg