update as per jstrdecode version: 2.1.2 2024-11-16

Changed `bin/` tools to require a minimum of jstrdecode version: 2.1.2
2024-11-16.

Perform `make www` to perform the above and test under macOS.

bin/gen-years.sh

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ shopt -s globstar	# enable ** to match all files and zero or more directories an
 
 # set variables referenced in the usage message
 #
-export VERSION="1.6.1 2024-10-10"
+export VERSION="1.6.2 2024-11-16"
 NAME=$(basename "$0")
 export NAME
 export V_FLAG=0
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ if [[ -z $JSTRDECODE ]]; then
     echo "$0: notice: then: cd jparse && sudo make install clobber" 1>&2
     exit 5
 fi
-export MIN_JSTRDECODE_VERSION="2.1.0"
+export MIN_JSTRDECODE_VERSION="2.1.2"
 JSTRDECODE_VERSION=$("$JSTRDECODE" -V | head -1 | awk '{print $3;}')
 if ! "$VERGE" "$JSTRDECODE_VERSION" "$MIN_JSTRDECODE_VERSION"; then
     echo "$0: FATAL: jstrdecode version: $JSTRDECODE_VERSION < minimum version: $MIN_JSTRDECODE_VERSION" 1>&2
@@ -247,7 +247,10 @@ function output_award
     # obtain the award string
     #
     PATTERN='$..award'
-    AWARD_STRING=$("$JVAL_WRAPPER" -b -q "$ENTRY_JSON_PATH" "$PATTERN" | "$JSTRDECODE" -N -)
+    if [[ $V_FLAG -ge 5 ]]; then
+	echo "$0: debug[5]: about to run: $JVAL_WRAPPER -b -q $ENTRY_JSON_PATH \"$PATTERN\" | $JSTRDECODE -d -q -N -" 1>&2
+    fi
+    AWARD_STRING=$("$JVAL_WRAPPER" -b -q "$ENTRY_JSON_PATH" "$PATTERN" | "$JSTRDECODE" -d -q -N -)
     status_codes=("${PIPESTATUS[@]}")
     if [[ ${status_codes[*]} =~ [1-9] || -z $AWARD_STRING ]]; then
 	echo "$0: ERROR: in output_award: no award found in .entry.json file: $ENTRY_JSON_PATH" 1>&2