build: fix update-versions rule

[notmuch] / devel / release-checks.sh

diff --git a/devel/release-checks.sh b/devel/release-checks.sh
index 5a7578b863aad83adeccb0abd9ce619662f71056..cfa208d511373654ed95780f513409cd72e1516f 100755 (executable)
--- a/devel/release-checks.sh
+++ b/devel/release-checks.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ then
                exit 1
        fi
 else
-       echo "Reading './version' file failed (suprisingly!)"
+       echo "Reading './version' file failed (surprisingly!)"
        exit 1
 fi < ./version
 
@@ -178,10 +178,7 @@ esac
 year=`exec date +%Y`
 echo -n "Checking that copyright in documentation contains 2009-$year... "
 # Read the value of variable `copyright' defined in 'doc/conf.py'.
-# As __file__ is not defined when python command is given from command line,
-# it is defined before contents of 'doc/conf.py' (which dereferences __file__)
-# is executed.
-copyrightline=`exec python -c "with open('doc/conf.py') as cf: __file__ = ''; exec(cf.read()); print(copyright)"`
+copyrightline=$(grep ^copyright doc/conf.py)
 case $copyrightline in
        *2009-$year*)
                echo Yes. ;;