Subject: Re: 23.0.90; copyright-update might not update copyright

From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:53:27 -0500

Hi Daniel,

Could you take a look at this bug report for copyright.el?  Thanks.

"Marshall, Simon" <[email-masked]> wrote:

> First, emacs -Q and in the initial frame create 2 windows with 2 new
> files containing:
>
> //Copyright (c) 2008 Foo
> //
>
> Now do C-x 5 2 and in the new frame do Tools | Compile RET (it doesn't
> matter if there's no Makefile etc) and in the *compilation* window in
> the new frame do C-x 1 M-: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks
> 'copyright-update) RET.
>
> Now in the original frame, add the word "Bar" to the end of the 2nd line
> in each file, leaving point at the end of the 2nd line, and leaving the
> files modified.
>
> Now in the *compilation* window in the new frame do g ! SPC SPC to
> recompile/save/update the copyright notices.  
>
> I find that one file contains the correct:
>
> //Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Foo
> //Bar
>
> But the other contains the erroneous:
>
> //Copyright (c) 2008 Foo
> //Bar, 2009
>
> With point on the comma in the 2nd line.