Hi Bruno, Bruno Haible via GNU coreutils General Discussion <[email protected]> writes:
> "make distcheck" still fails. This time the error is: > > man/date.x > sc_man_check_x_copyright: exceeding file size/line count limit - please add a > copyright note > make[3]: *** [cfg.mk:406: sc_man_check_x_copyright] Error 1 > make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/runner/work/ci-check/ci-check/coreutils' > make[2]: *** [dist-check.mk:108: my-distcheck] Error 2 > make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/runner/work/ci-check/ci-check/coreutils' > make[1]: *** [Makefile:26862: distcheck-hook] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/runner/work/ci-check/ci-check/coreutils' > make: *** [Makefile:24696: distcheck] Error 1 > > Probably you need to add a copyright notice, like in man/chmod.x or man/env.x. Thanks, I pushed the attached patch to add one. Here is how I determined the start date for the copyright header: $ git log --diff-filter=A --follow --format=%aI man/date.x 1998-09-12T20:12:55Z Collin
>From 6add5f97ec6026603729be95ea29742141dcc5fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Message-ID: <6add5f97ec6026603729be95ea29742141dcc5fa.1769482342.git.collin.fu...@gmail.com> From: Collin Funk <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:47:17 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] maint: avoid syntax-check failure * man/date.x: Add a copyright header to fix sc_copyright_check. Reported by Bruno Haible. --- man/date.x | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/date.x b/man/date.x index 46fcfe978..c0bdc41c6 100644 --- a/man/date.x +++ b/man/date.x @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +'\" Copyright (C) 1998-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +'\" +'\" This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms +'\" of the GNU General Public License <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. +'\" There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. [NAME] date \- print or set the system date and time [SYNOPSIS] -- 2.52.0
