GNU bug report logs - #64158
--version copyright year stale, formatting

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Package: libtool;

Reported by: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>

Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 20:45:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ileana Dumitrescu <ileanadumitrescu95 <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: 64158 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64158: --version copyright year stale, formatting
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 14:44:16 -0600

libtool --version reports
  Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

That should be 2022.

Also, the ordering of the elements is wrong, and the license info is
missing (and there are spurious blank lines). According to the coding
standards, I believe it should be:

--
  libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.7
  Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  License GPLv2+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 2 or later
  <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <https://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

  Originally written by Gordon Matzigkeit, 1996.
--

Perhaps mention other post-Gord major authors, too.

Somewhat related: the web page (gnu.org/s/libtool) states 2.4.6 as the
latest stable release, but afaik it's 2.4.7. --best, karl.
This bug report was last modified 223 days ago.

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