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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 7651ab26f..8b3670c93 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ sc_man_file_correlation:
@$(MAKE) -s -C src all_programs
@$(MAKE) -s -C man $@
+# Ensure that the end of each release's section is marked by two empty lines.
+sc_NEWS_two_empty_lines:
+ @sed -n 4,/Noteworthy/p $(srcdir)/NEWS \
+ | perl -n0e '/(^|\n)\n\n\* Noteworthy/ or exit 1' \
+ || { echo '$(ME): use two empty lines to separate NEWS sections' \
+ 1>&2; exit 1; } || :; \
+
# Perl-based tests used to exec perl from a #!/bin/sh script.
# Now they all start with #!/usr/bin/perl and the portability
# infrastructure is in tests/Makefile.am. Make sure no old-style