* Makefile.maint (gnulib_snapshot_date): Remove now-unused definition.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 56580a0a4b5b76b4146bd09c130db21ebc33cf69..a9593fe22b6adafbc328937ccb1aab5ede69cdce 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-02-28  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
+       * Makefile.maint (gnulib_snapshot_date): Remove now-unused definition.
+
 2007-02-27  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        Make df -P immune to effects of e.g., the BLOCK_SIZE envvar.

diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 1cde1a4342b523aca7dd1aaa9ca7abee42f57776..b1202b540633f9671b724f80a8072be9ad549cdf 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -564,8 +564,8 @@ xd-delta = $(PACKAGE)-$(PREV_VERSION)-$(VERSION).xdelta
 
 rel-files = $(xd-delta) $(DIST_ARCHIVES)
 
-# Approximate date of last "update" by the date on the ChangeLog file.
-gnulib_snapshot_date = $$(date -u --date $$cl_date '+%Y-%m-%d %T %z')
+# Approximate the date of last gnulib "update" by the ChangeLog file's
+# mtime, and provide that date in the announcement.
 announcement: NEWS ChangeLog $(rel-files)
        @cl_date=$$(stat --printf @%Y $(gnulib_dir)/ChangeLog);         \
        utc_date=$$(date -u --date $$cl_date '+%Y-%m-%d %T %z');        \