(PREV_VERSION): Get the value from a file, rather

than trying to derive it from the current version number.
This is much more robust.
(alpha): Record just-released version number in `.version',
and commit (post-tag).

diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index ae94ead8d9ac9440b547283a3d5b7251c44f9b38..7acdcd277c9a0d519e401a64421f5ca79db3ae1d 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ my-distcheck: writable-files po-check
 
 THIS_VERSION_REGEXP = $(subst .,\.,$(VERSION))
 # FIXME: this works only for Gnits-style test releases.
-PREV_VERSION := $(shell echo $(VERSION)|tr b-z a-y|sed 's/a$$//')
+PREV_VERSION := $(shell cat .version)
 PREV_VERSION_REGEXP := $(shell echo $(PREV_VERSION)|sed 's/\./\\./g')
 v = Version
 
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ alpha: writable-files po-check
          && xdelta delta -9 $(prev-tgz) $(distdir).tar.gz $(xd-delta) || :
        ln $(release-archive-dir)/$(xd-delta) .
        chmod a-w $(release-archive-dir)/$(xd-delta)
+       echo $(VERSION) > .version
+       cvs ci -m. .version
        @echo =====================================
        @echo =====================================
        @echo 'scp $(xd-delta) $(distdir).tar.gz \'