From 7c62a0cda22d4ad98c53237d45f2ee445498f6d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zack Weinberg <zack@owlfolio.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 15:29:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] =?utf8?q?maint.mk:=20remove=20overquotation=20in=20?=
 =?utf8?q?=E2=80=98announcement=E2=80=99=20rule?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

If $(bootstrap-tools) *doesn’t* include “gnulib”, a nested shell
command is supposed to expand to nothing, but instead it expands to
an empty argument, causing announce-gen to barf.
---
 maint.mk | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/maint.mk b/maint.mk
index 94fd4ccae..db8932919 100644
--- a/maint.mk
+++ b/maint.mk
@@ -1599,8 +1599,8 @@ announcement: $(NEWS_file) ChangeLog $(rel-files)
 	    --srcdir=$(srcdir)						\
 	    --news=$(srcdir)/$(NEWS_file)				\
 	    --bootstrap-tools=$(bootstrap-tools)			\
-	    "$$(case ,$(bootstrap-tools), in (*,gnulib,*)		\
-	       echo --gnulib-version=$(gnulib-version);; esac)"		\
+	    $$(case ,$(bootstrap-tools), in (*,gnulib,*)		\
+	       echo --gnulib-version=$(gnulib-version);; esac)		\
 	    $(addprefix --url-dir=, $(url_dir_list))			\
 	    $(announce_gen_args)
 
-- 
2.47.3