* Makefile.maint (alpha beta major): Fix syntax error.v6.0COREUTILS-6_0

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 67d8e1800..28a3d1dd4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 	* TODO: Add an item (convert to use gnulib-tool), add to the plan
 	for id-vs-getgrouplist, and remove a few completed items.
 
+	* Makefile.maint (alpha beta major): Fix syntax error.
+
 2006-08-13  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
 	* src/shred.c (usage): Don't indent the second line of an item.
diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 38d775fd0..a5df8427b 100644
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ $(xd-delta): $(release_archive_dir)/$(prev-tgz) $(distdir).tar.gz
 alpha beta major: news-date-check changelog-check $(local-check)
 	test $@ = major						\
 	  && { echo $(VERSION) | grep -E '^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+$$'	\
-	       || { echo "invalid version string: $(VERSION)" 1>&2; exit 1; }}\
+	       || { echo "invalid version string: $(VERSION)" 1>&2; exit 1;};}\
 	  || :
 	$(MAKE) cvs-dist
 	$(MAKE) $(xd-delta)