No need for sed here

diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 91b53372e90ae391f56e671f899f6db6370a15cd..fc817df856e39578379897e4808d66fca441348b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ DISTCLEANFILES = $(CHANGELOGS)
 
 $(CHANGELOGS): Makefile.am
        if test -d "$(top_srcdir)/.git"; then \
-               y="$$(echo "$@" | sed -e 's,ChangeLog-,,')" ; \
+               y="$@"; y="$${y##ChangeLog-}" ;
                git --git-dir="$(top_srcdir)/.git" log \
                        --since="$$y-01-01" \
                        --until="$$y-12-31 23:00:00 -0100" \