# HG changeset patch
# User Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
# Date 1249377428 -7200
# Node ID c1794ef712cb20963ad3407835ab25c889ac5102
# Parent  a595c1fb8e8bdf23c11d96d0a83c15d60ce1c070
maint.mk: make update-copyright exclusion list more configurable

* top/maint.mk (update-copyright): Default to excluding COPYING,
but allow an override, in case someone does want to update that file.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2009-08-04  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
+	maint.mk: make update-copyright exclusion list more configurable
+	* top/maint.mk (update-copyright): Default to excluding COPYING,
+	but allow an override, in case someone does want to update that file.
+
 	maint.mk: don't update copyright date in COPYING
 	* top/maint.mk (update-copyright): Exclude COPYING.
 
diff --git a/top/maint.mk b/top/maint.mk
--- a/top/maint.mk
+++ b/top/maint.mk
@@ -774,8 +774,9 @@
 
 # Run this rule once per year (usually early in January)
 # to update all FSF copyright year lists in your project.
+update-copyright-exclude-regexp ?= (^|/)COPYING$$
 .PHONY: update-copyright
 update-copyright:
 	grep -l -w Copyright $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT))		\
-	  | grep -v -E '(^|/)COPYING$$'				\
+	  | grep -v -E '$(update-copyright-exclude-regexp)'	\
 	  | xargs $(build_aux)/$@