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automake 1.12 and (C) 2011

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Message #20 received at 11356 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Johansson <trojkan <at> gmail.com>,
	"automake-patches <at> gnu.org" <automake-patches <at> gnu.org>,
	11356 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11356: automake 1.12 and (C) 2011
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:34:37 +0200

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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 (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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