maint: prepare for 1.18.1 release.

* configure.ac (AC_INIT): 1.18.1. (APIVERSION remains 1.18.)
* m4/amversion.m4: likewise (auto-updated).
* HACKING: tweak release info some more.
* NEWS: likewise.

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 3d3532477bfc90029afec912851607ec009aed07..10328125b5b696c2820ef2a6ac636923030251f0 100644 (file)
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@
 
 * Ensure that the copyright notices of the distributed files are up to
   date.  The maintainer-only target "update-copyright" can help with this.
+  Usually this is done at the beginning of the year for all files.
 
 * Check NEWS; specifically, ensure that all the substantive differences
   from the last release are included. Include bug numbers or mailing
@@ -545,7 +546,7 @@
   1.16.92, ...) should be pretest releases.  Leading up to a micro
   release (x.y.z), say 1.17.1, we would have 1.17.0.91 for the initial
   post-release development version, 1.17.0.92 for the first pretest,
-  etc.
+  etc. (Just "make" will fail after this; do "make bootstrap", as below.)
   
   Before 1.17 (July 2024), we used suffixed letters for pretests, as is
   traditional, but deficient sorting algorithms did not like that. The
@@ -559,7 +560,7 @@
   or pretests. E.g., APIVERSION=1.17 for the pretest 1.17.90, even
   though it's leading up to 1.18.
 
-* grep $newversion NEWS # ensure that the NEWS file has the new version.
+* grep -F $newversion NEWS # ensure that the NEWS file has the new version.
 
 * Create an announcement message with "make announcement".  It's useful
   to do this early, because carefully reading the list of NEWS can
@@ -581,7 +582,7 @@
   because that command will remove *all* the files that are not tracked
   by git!  Run git status first to ensure all removals are ok.
 
-* git push all changed files.
+* git commit && git push all changed files.
 
 * Run "make git-tag-release".
   This will run the maintainer checks, verify that the local git

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 201f3995c5f1e7248f2e8c73cbadca691f476c46..8edbf1781529182ddc9f41c813a6915cb43f6301 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 For planned incompatibilities in a possible future Automake 2.0 release,
 please see NEWS-future and start following the advice there now.
 
-* Bugs fixed
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+New in 1.18.1 (2025-06-25):
 
-  - Improve debuggability of installcheck failures. (bug#78850)
+* Bugs fixed
 
   - Undo change to mdate-sh; once again, it does not look at
     SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH. This change was a misunderstanding that causes
     problems, not fixes, for reproducible builds.
     (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2025-06/msg00021.html)
 
+  - Improve debuggability of installcheck failures. (bug#78850)
+
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 New in 1.18 (2025-05-25):
 

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 76d743defe99aedc5be6b55a722b187a3b79a1df..45ad7eb115c78b56b05a8e765c7bd65b4afa1ce8 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([GNU Automake], [1.18.0.91], [bug-automake@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GNU Automake], [1.18.1], [bug-automake@gnu.org])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([bin/automake.in])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([lib])

diff --git a/m4/amversion.m4 b/m4/amversion.m4
index c10af72c668bf39837acfe0e1994b419997e0deb..6fa353d51ebd96f126e67f6904ca0d9550760133 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/amversion.m4
+++ b/m4/amversion.m4
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION],
 [am__api_version='1.18'
 dnl Some users find AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION and mistake it for a way to
 dnl require some minimum version.  Point them to the right macro.
-m4_if([$1], [1.18.0.91], [],
+m4_if([$1], [1.18.1], [],
       [AC_FATAL([Do not call $0, use AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([$1]).])])dnl
 ])
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ m4_define([_AM_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [])
 # Call AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION and AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION so they can be traced.
 # This function is AC_REQUIREd by AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
 AC_DEFUN([AM_SET_CURRENT_AUTOMAKE_VERSION],
-[AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION([1.18.0.91])dnl
+[AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION([1.18.1])dnl
 m4_ifndef([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION],
   [m4_copy([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION], [AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION])])dnl
 _AM_AUTOCONF_VERSION(m4_defn([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION]))])