[RFA] gdb/copyright.py: Add generated files in gnulib/ to exclude list (was: "Re: [PATCH] gnulib: import count-one-bits module and use it")

[Joel Brobecker]

Hi Simon,

On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 02:43:08PM -0500, Simon Marchi wrote:
> On 2020-02-14 5:35 a.m., Luis Machado wrote:
> >> --- a/gnulib/Makefile.in
> >> +++ b/gnulib/Makefile.in
> >> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
> >> Â  # Makefile.in generated by automake 1.15.1 from Makefile.am.
> >> Â  # @configure_input@
> >> Â  -# Copyright (C) 1994-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> >> +# Copyright (C) 1994-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > 
> > The year interval was reverted. Is that a problem?
> 
> Not really.  The year was changed to 2020 by commit:
> 
>   Update copyright year range in all GDB files.
>   b811d2c2920ddcb1adcd438da38e90912b31f45f
> 
> which updates the copyright years in all of GDB source files at the
> beginning of year.  The commit shouldn't have touched this file
> though, as it's a generated file.

Indeed. Here is a patch which adjusts the script doing the update
to exclude those files.

gdb/ChangeLog:

        * copypright.py (EXCLUDE_LIST): Add 'gnulib/config.in' and
        'gnulib/Makefile.in' to the list.

OK to push to master?

Thanks!
-- 
Joel
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