maint: adjust the URL that will appear in the generated announcement

* cfg.mk (url_dir_list): Use this http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$(PACKAGE)
for the first link listed in the generated announcement.
announce-gen now provides the faster mirror link automatically.

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index fa7f84488a36b8df946f68877b3717e9da2d2e15..7b346a3810612863241f6ff3478759ae2733ff6d 100644 (file)
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 # Used in maint.mk's web-manual rule
 manual_title = Core GNU utilities
 
+# Use the direct link.  This is guaranteed to work immediately, while
+# it can take a while for the faster mirror links to become usable.
+url_dir_list = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$(PACKAGE)
+
 # Tests not to run as part of "make distcheck".
 local-checks-to-skip = \
   sc_texinfo_acronym