1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5bfc9ca88c6..e1c7cdd7fa9 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST =						\
   build-aux/generate-authors.scm                        \
   build-aux/test-driver.scm                             \
   build-aux/update-guix-package.scm                     \
+  build-aux/update-NEWS.scm                             \
   build-aux/run-system-tests.scm                        \
   d3.v3.js                                              \
   graph.js                                              \
@@ -641,6 +642,15 @@ update-guix-package:
            $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/update-guix-package.scm      \
            "`git rev-parse HEAD`"
 
+# Location of a checkout of <git://git.savannah.gnu.org/guix/maintenance.git>.
+# Package data from this checkout is used by 'update-NEWS.scm'.
+GUIX_MAINTENANCE_DIRECTORY ?= $(top_srcdir)/../guix-maintenance
+
+update-NEWS: $(GOBJECTS)
+        $(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env "$(GUILE)"                         \
+          $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/update-NEWS.scm                       \
+          $(top_srcdir)/NEWS "$(GUIX_MAINTENANCE_DIRECTORY)/data"
+
 # Make sure we're not shipping a file that embeds a local /gnu/store file name.
 assert-no-store-file-names: $(distdir)/ChangeLog
         $(AM_V_at)if grep -r --exclude=*.texi --exclude=*.info                  \
@@ -676,7 +686,7 @@ hydra-jobs.scm: $(GOBJECTS)
 .PHONY: assert-no-store-file-names assert-binaries-available
 .PHONY: assert-final-inputs-self-contained
 .PHONY: clean-go make-go
-.PHONY: update-guix-package release
+.PHONY: update-guix-package update-NEWS release
 
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