* texinfo.tex: Use date as version number instead of RCS, and

update-date to update it.

texinfo.tex

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 % texinfo.tex -- TeX macros to handle Texinfo files.
-% $Id$
+\def\texinfoversion{1998-09-30}%
 %
 % Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98
 % Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -56,15 +56,12 @@
 % Added by gildea November 1993.
 \expandafter\ifx\csname fmtname\endcsname\relax\input plain\fi
 
-% This automatically updates the version number based on RCS.
-\def\deftexinfoversion$#1: #2 ${\def\texinfoversion{#2}}
-\deftexinfoversion$Revision$
-\message{Loading texinfo package [Version \texinfoversion]:}
+\message{Loading texinfo [version \texinfoversion]:}
 
 % If in a .fmt file, print the version number
 % and turn on active characters that we couldn't do earlier because
 % they might have appeared in the input file name.
-\everyjob{\message{[Texinfo version \texinfoversion]}\message{}
+\everyjob{\message{[Texinfo version \texinfoversion]}%
   \catcode`+=\active \catcode`\_=\active}
 
 % Save some parts of plain tex whose names we will redefine.
@@ -5449,4 +5446,9 @@ width0pt\relax} \fi
 
 @c Local variables:
 @c page-delimiter: "^\\\\message"
+@c update-date-leading-regexp: "def\\texinfoversion{"
+@c update-date-date-regexp: "[-0-9.]+"
+@c update-date-format-string: "%Y-%m-%d"
+@c update-date-trailing-regexp: "}"
+@c eval: (and(load "update-date" t t)(add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'update-date))
 @c End: