build-system: replace use of ssh with wget for checking the website

The idea is to see if the version we are already releasing exists on
the notmuch website. Using wget allows more people to run this target,
and also allows people with ssh access to run it without access to
their keys.

diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local
index 8a8832da992722c61d8a58cb7a4d738fae2f401d..41feeb3729c946cfc48899bb7065897efa7bc143 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.local
+++ b/Makefile.local
@@ -180,11 +180,16 @@ verify-version-components:
 .PHONY: verify-newer
 verify-newer:
        @echo -n "Checking that no $(VERSION) release already exists..."
-       @ssh $(RELEASE_HOST) test ! -e $(RELEASE_DIR)/$(TAR_FILE) \
-               || (echo "Ouch." && echo "Found: $(RELEASE_HOST):$(RELEASE_DIR)/$(TAR_FILE)" \
-               && echo "Refusing to replace an existing release." \
-               && echo "Don't forget to update \"version\" as described in RELEASING before release." && false)
-       @echo "Good."
+       @wget -q -O /dev/null $(RELEASE_URL)/$(TAR_FILE) ; \
+       case $$? in \
+          8) echo "Good." ;; \
+          0) echo "Ouch."; \
+            echo "Found: $(RELEASE_URL)/$(TAR_FILE)"; \
+            echo "Refusing to replace an existing release."; \
+            echo "Don't forget to update \"version\" as described in RELEASING before release." ; \
+            false ;; \
+         *) echo "An unexpected error occured"; \
+            false;; esac
 
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