try restructuring rules to ensure reconf always run

[debian/gzip] / build-aux / mdate-sh

diff --git a/build-aux/mdate-sh b/build-aux/mdate-sh
index cd916c0a34003205a3773df2c9a178a8139b4aad..e631b2219a3cc2ccb992cb1a5f2f42e6b6d84765 100755 (executable)
--- a/build-aux/mdate-sh
+++ b/build-aux/mdate-sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Get modification time of a file or directory and pretty-print it.
 
-scriptversion=2005-06-29.22
+scriptversion=2009-04-28.21; # UTC
 
-# Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 Free
+# Software Foundation, Inc.
 # written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, June 1995
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ scriptversion=2005-06-29.22
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
-# Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you
 # distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
@@ -75,6 +74,10 @@ if ls -L /dev/null 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
 else
   ls_command='ls -l -d'
 fi
+# Avoid user/group names that might have spaces, when possible.
+if ls -n /dev/null 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  ls_command="$ls_command -n"
+fi
 
 # A `ls -l' line looks as follows on OS/2.
 #  drwxrwx---        0 Aug 11  2001 foo
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ fi
 # words should be skipped to get the date.
 
 # On HPUX /bin/sh, "set" interprets "-rw-r--r--" as options, so the "x" below.
-set x`ls -l -d /`
+set x`$ls_command /`
 
 # Find which argument is the month.
 month=
@@ -197,5 +200,6 @@ echo $day $month $year
 # eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
 # time-stamp-start: "scriptversion="
 # time-stamp-format: "%:y-%02m-%02d.%02H"
-# time-stamp-end: "$"
+# time-stamp-time-zone: "UTC"
+# time-stamp-end: "; # UTC"
 # End: