Re: auto-inserting COPYING

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Karl, Peter,

* Peter Johansson wrote on Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 03:24:18AM CET:
> Karl Berry wrote:
>> I just learned that in some circumstances automake will insert a COPYING
>> file if it's missing (albeit with a warning), e.g., at make dist?  (I
>> didn't look into the precise details.)

Never at 'make dist' time.

Only at 'automake' run time, and only if both COPYING is missing, and
the strictness is set to 'gnu' (default) or higher, but not 'foreign'.

In 1.10.2, automake outputs an unconditional warning when it adds
COPYING, telling the user that it did so, and recommending to add
the file to version control.  Peter has linked to the respective thread.

Cheers,
Ralf