On Mon, Dec 4, 2023, at 7:26 PM, Jacob Bachmeyer wrote: > Now that I have seen the actual patch, yes, this test should be > accurate. The test in the main autom4te script will also work, even > if there is a mismatch between the script and its library
Good. > This appears to be misaligned with the GNU Coding Standards, which > states: "The first line is meant to be easy for a program to parse; > the version number proper starts after the last space." > > Perhaps the best option would be to conditionally add a line "This > autom4te supports subsecond timestamps." after the license notice? I don't like putting anything after the license notice because it's convenient to be able to pipe --version output to sed '/Copyright/,$d' without losing anything relevant for troubleshooting. So how about $ autom4te --version autom4te (GNU Autoconf) 2.71 Features: subsecond-timestamps Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 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. Written by Akim Demaille. This preserves the effectiveness of sed '/Copyright/,$d' and also leaves room for future additions to the "Features:" line. zw
