Release 1.

[cdecl99.git] / Makefile.am

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6556f922276344142513d5d35f9000579ad83078..d4d375fb7053209fde821c9a1cae2937289e797c 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -185,6 +185,14 @@ 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
 
 OPTFILES = src/options.opt
 .opt.h: