(prev_version_file): Define and use.

diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 7acdcd277c9a0d519e401a64421f5ca79db3ae1d..0813133413b780d3530bdcff5d1ec8edd6a148c5 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ my-distcheck: writable-files po-check
        echo "$(distdir).tar.gz is ready for distribution"; \
        echo "========================"
 
+prev_version_file = .prev-version
+
 THIS_VERSION_REGEXP = $(subst .,\.,$(VERSION))
 # FIXME: this works only for Gnits-style test releases.
-PREV_VERSION := $(shell cat .version)
+PREV_VERSION := $(shell cat $(prev_version_file))
 PREV_VERSION_REGEXP := $(shell echo $(PREV_VERSION)|sed 's/\./\\./g')
 v = Version
 
@@ -162,8 +164,8 @@ alpha: writable-files po-check
          && xdelta delta -9 $(prev-tgz) $(distdir).tar.gz $(xd-delta) || :
        ln $(release-archive-dir)/$(xd-delta) .
        chmod a-w $(release-archive-dir)/$(xd-delta)
-       echo $(VERSION) > .version
-       cvs ci -m. .version
+       echo $(VERSION) > $(prev_version_file)
+       cvs ci -m. $(prev_version_file)
        @echo =====================================
        @echo =====================================
        @echo 'scp $(xd-delta) $(distdir).tar.gz \'