From 5e912b475a108bc8ce7ccd1dd9ec195f10001942 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 10:17:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (news-date-check): New rule. (alpha beta major): Depend on
 it.

---
 Makefile.maint | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 313be90..f297bad 100644
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -205,6 +205,15 @@ makefile-check:
 	grep -E '@[A-Z_0-9]+@' `find . -name Makefile.am` \
 	  && { echo 'Makefile.maint: use $(...), not @...@' 1>&2; exit 1; } || :
 
+news-date-check: NEWS
+	today=`date +%Y-%m-%d`;	\
+	if head NEWS | grep '^\*.*'$$today >/dev/null; then \
+	  :; \
+	else \
+	  echo "today's date is not in NEWS" 1>&2; \
+	  exit 1; \
+	fi
+
 changelog-check:
 	if head ChangeLog | grep 'Version $(VERSION)' >/dev/null; then \
 	  :; \
@@ -502,7 +511,7 @@ $(xd-delta): $(release_archive_dir)/$(prev-tgz) $(distdir).tar.gz
 	xdelta delta -9 $^ $@ || :
 
 .PHONY: alpha beta major
-alpha beta major: $(local-check)
+alpha beta major: news-date-check $(local-check)
 	$(MAKE) cvs-dist
 	$(MAKE) $(xd-delta)
 	$(MAKE) -s announcement RELEASE_TYPE=$@ > /tmp/announce-$(my_distdir)
-- 
2.7.4