Re: new syntax-check rule for @acronym?

[Eric Blake]

On 03/24/2010 01:46 AM, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>>     syntax-check test for this seems useful, to foster harmonization across
>>     GNU packages.  How about the patch below?
>>
>> I have no objection, certainly.
> 
> I pushed the patch below.
>  
> +# Don't use Texinfo @acronym{} as it is not a good idea.
> +sc_texinfo_acronym:
> +     @grep -nE '@acronym{'                                           \
> +         $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT) | grep -E '\.texi$$') &&               \
> +       { echo '$(ME): found use of Texinfo @acronym{}' 1>&2;         \
> +         exit 1; } || :

This hangs for non-GNU projects, like libvirt, that have no .texi
documentation.  We really need to make progress on the patch to refactor
maint.mk rules per Jose's ideas:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2010-02/msg00242.html
which would conveniently fix this rule in the process.

Meanwhile, I noticed that the last email in that thread asked Jose to
change an unportable use of test -a.  Perhaps we should migrate
libvirt's recent syntax check to cfg.mk, since it seems to be a
pervasive problem?
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2010-March/msg01127.html

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Eric Blake   address@hidden    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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