From: Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:55:05 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: maint: doc fixes for 1.17.92 pretest.
X-Git-Tag: v1.18~14
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8cd1f5639973c4d3f2a40845df9a58113205eb01;p=thirdparty%2Fautomake.git

maint: doc fixes for 1.17.92 pretest.

* NEWS: forgot to update the version.
* HACKING: mention this.
---

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 52ca5cdab..4e81f64c8 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -556,6 +556,8 @@
   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.
+
 * Create an announcement message with "make announcement".  Edit the
   generated 'announcement' file appropriately, in particularly filling
   in by hand any "TODO" left in there.  In particular, thank people who
@@ -592,10 +594,13 @@
     reltype=alpha # or beta or stable
     host=`if test $reltype = stable; then echo ftp; else echo alpha; fi`
     gpgkey=0x... #  gpg --fingerprint
-    $gnulib/build-aux/announce-gen --release-type=$reltype \
-      --package-name=$pkg --previous-version=$prever \
-      --current-version=$newver --gpg-key-id=$gpgkey \
-      --news-file=NEWS \
+    $gnulib/build-aux/announce-gen \
+      --release-type=$reltype \
+      --package-name=$pkg \
+      --previous-version=$prever \
+      --current-version=$newver \
+      --gpg-key-id=$gpgkey \
+      --news=NEWS \
       --url-directory=https://$host.gnu.org/gnu/$pkg
   and merge this with the just-written announcement file.
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 62bfb36fd..30c0cd2c7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ For planned incompatibilities in a possible future Automake 2.0 release,
 please see NEWS-future and start following the advice there now.
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-New in 1.17.91:
+New in 1.17.92:
 
 * New features added