raman wrote:
> Changelog  entries are showing with dates from the dim distant  past
> e.g.
> 1986-05-05  Richard M. Stallman  (rms@prep)

Sorry, I put the wrong gen_origin value into Makefile.in.  I think this is 
because I tested 'make ChangeLog' and 'make change-history' in a private branch, 
and then applied the corresponding patch to the master without thinking about 
the checksum disparity.  I installed the attached to fix this and to try to make 
similar glitches less likely in the future.