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bug#11356: automake 1.12 and (C) 2011
From: |
Stefano Lattarini |
Subject: |
bug#11356: automake 1.12 and (C) 2011 |
Date: |
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:34:37 +0200 |
Hi Eric, thanks for the suggestion.
On 04/27/2012 02:05 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>
>> aclocal (GNU $PACKAGE) $VERSION
>> -Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> +Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> But this is still prone to error next year. Since this is already a .in
> file, and will be further processed by config.status and/or Makefile to
> create the real aclocal executable, I suggest a more permanent solution,
> by borrowing the same trick used by Autoconf. Make this @RELEASE_YEAR@,
> which is set by an AC_SUBST'd string that auto-updates itself at
> configure time, instead of manually changing it each time a year rolls
> around.
>
I agree. What about the attached patch? I will push by tomorrow if there
is no objection.
Regards,
Stefano
0001-build-ensure-release-year-in-copyright-notice-is-up-.patch
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