maint.mk: backslash-escape parens in default regexp

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diff --git a/top/maint.mk b/top/maint.mk
index 596da386d925100171153563620c765cfc225fad..1ed15413cd6833b99cd0d5dfac56142950d80842 100644 (file)
--- a/top/maint.mk
+++ b/top/maint.mk
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ endif
 # Override this in cfg.mk if you are using a different format in your
 # NEWS file.
 today = $(shell date +%Y-%m-%d)
-news-check-regexp ?= '^\*.* $(VERSION_REGEXP) ($(today))'
+news-check-regexp ?= '^\*.* $(VERSION_REGEXP) \($(today)\)'
 
 # Prevent programs like 'sort' from considering distinct strings to be equal.
 # Doing it here saves us from having to set LC_ALL elsewhere in this file.