whoops. Don't put $$today inside single quotes.

diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 859eba6bee97d4ee26ed718dc1eb8e2af82bcdbc..5a210aec2f5d6060e92d7437febc28b113a22e25 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ makefile-check:
 
 news-date-check: NEWS
        today=`date +%Y-%m-%d`; \
-       if head NEWS | grep '^\*.* $(VERSION_REGEXP) \($$today\)' \
+       if head NEWS | grep '^\*.* $(VERSION_REGEXP) ('$$today')' \
            >/dev/null; then \
          :; \
        else \