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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2007-01-04 15:34:29 +0100
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2007-01-04 15:34:29 +0100
commit11bcfcc72aafed790b7e262c98b864ff9d8ed706 (patch)
tree41572cf47d13336514f539d042f9c8364f12c656
parentaa6a5547b387edef8db12345b97af9c35d9571df (diff)
downloadcoreutils-11bcfcc72aafed790b7e262c98b864ff9d8ed706.tar.xz
Use the release year, not the current year.
* src/groups.sh (version): Use a better name: @RELEASE_YEAR@. * src/Makefile.am (RELEASE_YEAR): Define it. (.sh): Use it. Thanks to a prod from Eric Blake.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--src/Makefile.am7
-rwxr-xr-xsrc/groups.sh2
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ac3be263d..4fb6c5239 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
2007-01-04 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+ Use the release year, not the current year.
+ * src/groups.sh (version): Use a better name: @RELEASE_YEAR@.
+ * src/Makefile.am (RELEASE_YEAR): Define it.
+ (.sh): Use it.
+ Thanks to a prod from Eric Blake.
+
Ensure that "group --version" always prints the current year.
* src/groups.sh (version): Use @CURRENT_YEAR@, rather than 2006.
* src/Makefile.am (.sh): Also substitute for @CURRENT_YEAR@.
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index ddd13efd4..7aa504b36 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -115,11 +115,16 @@ $(PROGRAMS): ../lib/libcoreutils.a
SUFFIXES = .sh
+# Get the release year from ../lib/version-etc.c.
+RELEASE_YEAR = \
+ `sed -n '/.*COPYRIGHT_YEAR = \([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\) };/s//\1/p' \
+ $(top_srcdir)/lib/version-etc.c`
+
.sh:
rm -f $@ $@-t
sed \
-e 's!@''bindir''@!$(bindir)!' \
- -e 's/@''CURRENT_YEAR'@/`date +%Y`/ \
+ -e 's/@''RELEASE_YEAR'@/$(RELEASE_YEAR)/ \
-e 's/@''GNU_PACKAGE''@/$(GNU_PACKAGE)/' \
-e 's/@''PACKAGE_BUGREPORT''@/$(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT)/' \
-e 's/@''VERSION''@/$(VERSION)/' $< > $@-t
diff --git a/src/groups.sh b/src/groups.sh
index f416fdb97..dd32c63c5 100755
--- a/src/groups.sh
+++ b/src/groups.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Same as id -Gn. If no USERNAME, use current process.
Report bugs to <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>."
version='groups (@GNU_PACKAGE@) @VERSION@
-Copyright (C) @CURRENT_YEAR@ Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) @RELEASE_YEAR@ Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.