[bug-idutils] [PATCH] maint: adjust the URL that will appear in the generated announcement

[Jim Meyering]

FYI,

>From a6e015120290900e2894db96d55975c2ffbc0347 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:10:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] maint: adjust the URL that will appear in the generated
 announcement

* cfg.mk (url_dir_list): Use this http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$(PACKAGE)
for the first link listed in the generated announcement.
announce-gen now provides the faster mirror link automatically.
---
 cfg.mk |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 253946d..9b68f6f 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

+# Use the direct link.  This is guaranteed to work immediately, while
+# it can take a while for the faster mirror links to become usable.
+url_dir_list = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$(PACKAGE)
+
 # Used in maint.mk's web-manual rule
 manual_title = GNU idutils: ID database utilities

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