Re: bug#11356: automake 1.12 and (C) 2011

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 04/27/2012 04:34 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> Hi Eric, thanks for the suggestion.
> 
> On 04/27/2012 02:05 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>>
>>>  aclocal (GNU $PACKAGE) $VERSION
>>> -Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>> +Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>
>> But this is still prone to error next year.  Since this is already a .in
>> file, and will be further processed by config.status and/or Makefile to
>> create the real aclocal executable, I suggest a more permanent solution,
>> by borrowing the same trick used by Autoconf.  Make this @RELEASE_YEAR@,
>> which is set by an AC_SUBST'd string that auto-updates itself at
>> configure time, instead of manually changing it each time a year rolls
>> around.
>>
> I agree.  What about the attached patch?  I will push by tomorrow if there
> is no objection.
> 
Pushed now.

Regards,
  Stefano