From 2aee9e8a9b560cd7171674172b9966369480d12e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 21:02:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (gnu_rel_host): Define. (url_dir_list): Choose from
 (alpha|ftp).gnu.org depending on whether $(VERSION) looks like a major
 release number.

---
 Makefile.cfg | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile.cfg b/Makefile.cfg
index a5a9284e73..cbdfd86884 100644
--- a/Makefile.cfg
+++ b/Makefile.cfg
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 ## Customize Makefile.maint.
 
+# If the version number matches /^\d+.\d+.\d$/ or /[a-z]$/, use alpha.gnu.org.
+# Otherwise, use ftp.gnu.org.
+gnu_rel_host := \
+  $(shell perl -e \
+    'print "$(VERSION)" =~ /^(\d\.\d\.\d|.*[a-z])$$/ ? "alpha" : "ftp"')
+
 url_dir_list = \
-  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish \
+  ftp://$(gnu_rel_host).gnu.org/gnu/fetish \
   http://fetish.sf.net \
 
 # Files to update automatically.
-- 
2.47.2