From ecc53e8bbec4a724d836aa0b4e0ec5c580941c6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:44:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] maint.mk: don't update copyright date in COPYING

* top/maint.mk (update-copyright): Exclude COPYING.
---
 ChangeLog    | 3 +++
 top/maint.mk | 1 +
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1eacff5df..05dd012c6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2009-08-04  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
+	maint.mk: don't update copyright date in COPYING
+	* top/maint.mk (update-copyright): Exclude COPYING.
+
 	maint.mk: add a copyright-updating rule
 	* top/maint.mk (update-copyright): New rule.
 	Derived from coreutils/Makefile.am.
diff --git a/top/maint.mk b/top/maint.mk
index 2db44ba70..5d892381e 100644
--- a/top/maint.mk
+++ b/top/maint.mk
@@ -777,4 +777,5 @@ indent:
 .PHONY: update-copyright
 update-copyright:
 	grep -l -w Copyright $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT))		\
+	  | grep -v -E '(^|/)COPYING$$'				\
 	  | xargs $(build_aux)/$@
-- 
2.11.0