* NEWS: Clarify that COPYING files are not updated.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 13eb7fa65ee5f7969c12c9f88c8b51d2fea50a1c..ec90144fba998160d970eda2b4edaa2c6092a83a 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-07-16  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
+
+       * NEWS: Clarify that COPYING files are not updated.
+
 2007-07-11  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 
        * doc/automake.texi: New Back-Cover Text.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 New in 1.10a:
- 
+
 * Changes to aclocal:
 
   - The autoconf version check implemented by aclocal in aclocal.m4
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ New in 1.10a:
 
 * Miscellaneous changes:
 
-  - Automake is licensed under GPLv3+.  `automake --add-missing' will by
-    default install the GPLv3 file as COPYING.
+  - Automake is licensed under GPLv3+.  `automake --add-missing' will
+    by default install the GPLv3 file as COPYING if it is missing.
+    Note that Automake will never overwrite an existing COPYING file,
+    even when the `--force-missing' option is used.
 
   - New shorthand `$(pkglibexecdir)' for `$(libexecdir)/@PACKAGE@'.