(mail_gpg_sign_cookie): Backslash-escape `#'.

(release): Rename from `alpha'.
(alpha): Depend on release.

diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 0668af20ab0bd3f244ec645237a40cdf6573a830..7c3a82135187e878007f846838c688c01fedd2ab 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ signatures ?= $(distdir).tar.bz2.sig $(distdir).tar.gz.sig
        gpg --detach-sign $<
 
 # This is useful when sending via GNUS in Emacs.
-mail_gpg_sign_cookie ?= echo '<#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign>'
+mail_gpg_sign_cookie ?= echo '<\#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign>'
 
 rel-files = $(xd-delta) $(distdir).tar.bz2 $(distdir).tar.gz
 announcement: NEWS ChangeLog $(rel-files) $(signatures)
@@ -388,7 +388,9 @@ endef
 $(xd-delta): $(release_archive_dir)/$(prev-tgz) $(distdir).tar.gz
        xdelta delta -9 $^ $@ || :
 
-alpha: $(local-check)
+.PHONY: alpha release
+alpha: release
+release: $(local-check)
        $(MAKE) cvs-dist
        $(MAKE) $(xd-delta)
        $(MAKE) -s announcement > /tmp/announce-$(my_distdir)