GNU bug report logs - #54778
copyright dates in gzip, zgrep etc. --version output

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2022 22:54:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Subject: copyright dates in gzip, zgrep etc. --version output
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2022 15:53:14 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
I noticed that 'gzip --version', 'zgrep --version', etc. still say 
"Copyright (C) 2018" in gzip 1.12, released today, and that 'make 
syntax-check' didn't catch this. I installed the attached patch to 
update the year to 2022 and to change 'make syntax-check' to try to 
catch this issue better next time.
[0001-maint-update-version-copyright-dates.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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