# HG changeset patch
# User Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
# Date 1262751788 25200
# Node ID 25232b487199090c86c5b2026fa8f5df33c3a5e5
# Parent  3a190157862b93a66b2a2e214483472f81127d2d
maint: support 'make announcement' from a VPATH build

* top/maint.mk (announcement): Look for correct NEWS file.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-01-05  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+	maint: support 'make announcement' from a VPATH build
+	* top/maint.mk (announcement): Look for correct NEWS file.
+
 2010-01-05  Aurelien Jarno  <aurelien@aurel32.net>  (tiny change)
 
 	utimens (fdutimens): ignore a negative FD, per contract
diff --git a/top/maint.mk b/top/maint.mk
--- a/top/maint.mk
+++ b/top/maint.mk
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@
 	    --prev=$(PREV_VERSION)					\
 	    --curr=$(VERSION)						\
 	    --gpg-key-id=$(gpg_key_ID)					\
-	    --news=NEWS							\
+	    --news=$(srcdir)/NEWS					\
 	    --bootstrap-tools=$(bootstrap-tools)			\
 	    --gnulib-version=$(gnulib-version)				\
 	    --no-print-checksums					\