maint.mk: fix "release" target to build _version

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+2013-10-26  Jim Meyering  <meyering@fb.com>
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+       maint.mk: fix "release" target to build _version
+       This fixes a bug in README-release whereby following the outlined
+       steps, one would publish a tarball whose programs would report
+       --version output not consistent with the package version number.
+       This bug caused grep-2.15 to produce a grep program whose
+       --version option made it print 2.14.56-1e3d rather than 2.15.
+       * top/maint.mk (release): Making this target build "_version"
+       ensures that the new version number is reflected in configure.
+
 2013-10-21  Ben Pfaff  <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
 
        install-reloc: Support multi-binary installation.