On 11/26/2012 09:29 PM, B Douglas Hilton wrote: > > Sorry I didn't get back to you in time. > No problem, the bug can still be reopened at any time if the need arise.
> As far as I know the bug is still present and will be until the end of > time unless every old version of every program that ever used the flawed > autotools versions were to be patched. > But what I was asking was: if you copy the new version of the mdate-sh script in a package that was using the buggy version, does the error disappear? If yes, we can be satisfied to have done our part. > It is probably just as well that you closed it as I have neither > the time nor ability to generate the thousands of patches that > would have been required to fix this. > > - Doug Thanks, and best regards, Stefano