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[PATCH] Silence 'time-stamp' warnings with bleeding-edge Emacs.

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From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>
To: automake-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Silence 'time-stamp' warnings with bleeding-edge Emacs.
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:35:36 -0700

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Hi Karl,

I committed a similar patch to the attached one in Gnulib so I will copy
my rational from there [1]:

> I wanted to make a change to the bootstrap script but every time I saved
> the file Emacs would open a new window with an annoying warning. This is
> because of the following change documented in Emac's etc/NEWS:
> 
>     *** Some historical 'time-stamp' conversions now warn.
>     'time-stamp-pattern' and 'time-stamp-format' had quietly accepted
>     several 'time-stamp' conversions (e.g., "%:y") that have been deprecated
>     since Emacs 27.1.  These now generate a warning with a suggested
>     migration.
> 
> Based on the 'git blame' it appears "%Y" was supported decades ago, so I
> don't expect changing this to cause any trouble. Therefore, I have
> pushed the attached patch.

The old convention still exists in Gnulib files and files imported from
other places. I have left them unchanged since we do not modify them and
just modify them with 'make fetch'.

Collin

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2025-06/msg00093.html

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Message #8 received at 78829 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com
Cc: 78829 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#78829] [PATCH] Silence 'time-stamp' warnings with
 bleeding-edge Emacs.
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 15:43:51 -0600

    Subject: [bug#78829] [PATCH] Silence 'time-stamp' warnings with bleeding-edge

Installed (+ closing since it seems there's no more to be done). Thanks Collin.

    The old convention still exists in Gnulib files and files imported from

I also ran make fetch. --thanks again, karl.

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