Get rid of IPUTILS_VERSION macro.

[rarpd-dx.git] / Makefile.am

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 31d7c11646718376afd3b2aca2cfaec7f15cf9c0..2909c0728771b298b619da1cef1190cd35812065 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -DIPUTILS_VERSION='PACKAGE_STRING,'
-
 EXTRA_DIST = COPYING COPYING.WTFPL2 INSTALL README.md bootstrap
 
 XSLTPROC_MAN = $(XSLTPROC) -o $@ --nonet \
@@ -84,3 +82,11 @@ 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