build: Drop NEWS-checking from autotools

Help with the build transition and release.

Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7e35f1be0f8a94d00ddfaba67d50af66acad03a9..6b547fc147c0c5e0d2b6e5afee34bc4438d35b56 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
 AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
 AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT([/usr])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([check-news foreign 1.11 silent-rules tar-pax no-dist-gzip dist-xz subdir-objects color-tests parallel-tests])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.11 silent-rules tar-pax no-dist-gzip dist-xz subdir-objects color-tests parallel-tests])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 LT_INIT([disable-static pic-only])