[bug #59352] autosprintf.h comments

[Bruno Haible]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #59352 (project gettext):

> can it be updated to clarify it comes from GNU gettext?
> I've attached a patch

There's no need to.

When I look at the files in /usr/include, other than those that come from
glibc, many don't have a statement where they come from.

Some do, and some even contain kind of a history. Such as

   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   Copyright (C) 1992-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   NOTE: The canonical source of this file is maintained with the GNU cpio.

or

  This file was part of the Independent JPEG Group's software:
  Copyright (C) 1991-1998, Thomas G. Lane.
  Modified 2002-2009 by Guido Vollbeding.
  libjpeg-turbo Modifications:
  Copyright (C) 2009-2011, 2013-2014, D. R. Commander.

This is getting too verbose over time.

Also, when a package is split/recombined/forked, such a statement of origin
may add confusion instead of reducing confusion.

It is best to just rely on the file inventory of the distro, may it be dpkg,
rpm, zypper, yum, dnf, or whatever.

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