From 420195a8ac2356733de66007a69e627a223b7df9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 23:02:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add NEWS.

---
 Makefile.am | 8 ++++++++
 NEWS        | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 NEWS

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 31d7c11..4766d1a 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -84,3 +84,11 @@ distcheck-hook:
 	      echo '       *** be the stub from a git checkout.  The "git" and "perl"'; \
 	      echo '       *** programs are required for ChangeLog generation to work.'; \
 	      $(TEST_DISTRIBUTION_OR_ERROR); } >&2
+	$(GENERIC_V) : 'CHECK   ' NEWS; \
+	  $(AWK) 'NR == 1 && $$NF != "$(PACKAGE_VERSION):" \
+	    { print FILENAME ":" NR ":", $$0; exit 1}' \
+	    $(distdir)/NEWS || { \
+	      echo 'ERROR: *** First line of NEWS should match the package version'; \
+	      echo '       *** $(PACKAGE_VERSION), but that does not appear to be the case.'; \
+	      echo '       *** Remember to update NEWS before preparing a release.'; \
+	      $(TEST_DISTRIBUTION_OR_ERROR); } >&2
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04beabb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Release 1:
+	* Initial release of rarpd separated from iputils.
-- 
2.43.2