-readonly DATE=${news_date//[()]/} # bash feature
-manthdata ()
-{
- set x $*
- if [ $# != 7 ]
- then
- append_emsg "'$mp' has too many '.TH' lines"
- man_mismatch=1
- fi
- man_date=${5-} man_version=${7-}
-}
-
-echo -n "Checking that manual page dates and versions are $DATE and $VERSION... "
-manfiles=`find man -type f | sort`
-man_pages_ok=Yes
-for mp in $manfiles
-do
- case $mp in
- *.[0-9]) ;; # fall below this 'case ... esac'
-
- */Makefile.local | */Makefile ) continue ;;
- */.gitignore) continue ;;
- *.bak) continue ;;
-
- *) append_emsg "'$mp': extra file"
- man_pages_ok=No
- continue
- esac
- manthdata `sed -n '/^[.]TH NOTMUCH/ { y/"/ /; p; }' "$mp"`
- if [ "$man_version" != "$VERSION" ]
- then append_emsg "Version '$man_version' is not '$VERSION' in $mp"
- mman_pages_ok=No
- fi
- if [ "$man_date" != "$DATE" ]
- then append_emsg "DATE '$man_date' is not '$DATE' in $mp"
- man_pages_ok=No
- fi
-done
-echo $man_pages_ok.
+year=`exec date +%Y`
+printf %s "Checking that copyright in documentation contains 2009-$year... "
+# Read the value of variable `copyright' defined in 'doc/conf.py'.
+copyrightline=$(grep ^copyright doc/conf.py)
+case $copyrightline in
+ *2009-$year*)
+ echo Yes. ;;
+ *)
+ echo No.
+ append_emsg "The copyright in doc/conf.py line '$copyrightline' does not contain '2009-$year'"
+esac