(news-date-check): Require no `*' before the date.

diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 7e810fa07f4866ab91d1327e3c405530f882c67f..4bfb09c608f0e84e1aaa65dedd4c2b2f5d4ab1dc 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ makefile-check:
 
 news-date-check: NEWS
        today=`date +%Y-%m-%d`; \
-       if head NEWS | grep '^\*.*'$$today >/dev/null; then \
+       if head NEWS | grep $$today >/dev/null; then \
          :; \
        else \
          echo "today's date is not in NEWS" 1>&2; \