Re: gzip 1.6 --version copyright date

[Jim Meyering]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> One little thing: gzip --version says:
>
> gzip 1.6
> Copyright (C) 2007, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> ...
>
> I guess the copyright-date part of the release procedure
> needs to be updated....

Oh!  Good catch.  Thanks.
Here's a patch for that:

>From 58a7b72f13819d0546a1b3f87568ec409cf066d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 18:35:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] maint: ensure that --version's copyright date is current

* cfg.mk (sc_gzip_copyright_check): Ensure we keep this copyright
year number up to date.  Repoted by Paul Eggert.
* gzip.c (license_msg): Include only the current year number,
as is done in nearly every other program.
---
 cfg.mk | 6 ++++++
 gzip.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index ee291cf..18ae95f 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ sc_prohibit_emacs__indent_tabs_mode__setting:
        halt='use of emacs indent-tabs-mode: setting'                   \
          $(_sc_search_regexp)

+sc_gzip_copyright_check:
+       @require='Copyright \(C\) '$$(date +%Y)' Free'                  \
+       in_files=$(srcdir)/gzip.c                                       \
+       halt='out of date copyright in $(v_etc_file); update it'        \
+         $(_sc_search_regexp)
+
 include $(srcdir)/dist-check.mk

 exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_file_system = ^NEWS$$
diff --git a/gzip.c b/gzip.c
index 93cc738..956e8b6 100644
--- a/gzip.c
+++ b/gzip.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  */

 static char const *const license_msg[] = {
-"Copyright (C) 2007, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.",
+"Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.",
 "Copyright (C) 1993 Jean-loup Gailly.",
 "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>.",
--
1.8.3.251.g1462b67