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Re: [RFA] New script copyright.py


> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> Cc: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> Date: Wed,  5 Jan 2011 09:55:52 +0400
> 
> We currently have one script called copyright.sh which uses
> the "copyright" script in emacs.  The issue is that script
> does not handle a certain number of files, and expects us
> to update them by hand.  Unfortunately, that list is fairly long:
> 
>         byhand="
>         *.s
>         *.f
>         *.f90
>         *.igen
>         *.ac
>         *.texi
>         *.texinfo
>         *.tex
>         *.defs
>         *.1
>         "
> 
> The purpose of this new script is, first, to automate the update
> of these unhandled files. All of them could be handled automatically,
> except one (sim/ppc/psim.texinfo).  I have also included the handling
> of all Ada files (*.ads, *.adb, and *.gpr) in this script, since
> the emacs script seemed to do fail at line wrapping with at least
> the .gpr file.

(Wearing my Emacs maintenance hat.)  It would be good to report these
problems to the Emacs bug tracker ("M-x report-emacs-bug RET"),
including all the details, like error messages etc.  At least some of
them should be fixable.

TIA


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