progname=$0
package=gnulib
-cvsdatestamp='$Date: 2007-09-09 12:17:36 $'
+cvsdatestamp='$Date: 2007-09-17 10:26:33 $'
last_checkin_date=`echo "$cvsdatestamp" | sed -e 's,^\$[D]ate: ,,'`
+# Sometimes last_checkin_date is "YYYY/MM/DD ...", sometimes "YYYY-MM-DD ...".
version=`echo "$last_checkin_date" | sed -e 's/ .*$//' -e 's,/,-,g'`
+# version is in YYYY-MM-DD format.
nl='
'
IFS=" "" $nl"
# gnulib-tool generates, since we don't want "sed --posix" to leak
# into makefiles.
if (alias) > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo | sed --posix -e d >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ # Define sed as an alias.
+ # It is not always possible to use aliases. Aliases are guaranteed to work
+ # if the executing shell is bash and either it is invoked as /bin/sh or
+ # is a version >= 2.0, supporting shopt. This is the common case.
+ # Two other approaches (use of a variable $sed or of a function func_sed
+ # instead of an alias) require massive, fragile code changes.
+ # An other approach (use of function sed) requires `which sed` - but 'which'
+ # is hard to emulate, due to missing "test -x" on some platforms.
+ if test -n "$BASH_VERSION"; then
+ shopt -s expand_aliases >/dev/null 2>&1
+ fi
alias sed='sed --posix'
fi
# outputs to stdout the --version message.
func_version ()
{
- year=`echo "$last_checkin_date" | sed -e 's,/.*$,,'`
+ year=`echo "$version" | sed -e 's,-.*$,,'`
echo "\
$progname (GNU $package) $version
Copyright (C) $year Free Software Foundation, Inc.