[PATCH 1/8] maint: add framework to run syntax-check rules against gnulib sources

[Jim Meyering]

From: Jim Meyering <address@hidden>

* cfg.mk: New file, to disable all currently-failing tests.
We'll enable them one by one, as they are made to pass.
* Makefile (sc_maint): New rule.
---
 ChangeLog |    5 +++++
 Makefile  |    7 +++++++
 cfg.mk    |   56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 cfg.mk

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e79e2e0..3727816 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2012-01-17  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

+       maint: add framework to run syntax-check rules against gnulib sources
+       * cfg.mk: New file, to disable all currently-failing tests.
+       We'll enable them one by one, as they are made to pass.
+       * Makefile (sc_maint): New rule.
+
        maint: spell file systems with two words, not one
        * m4/ls-mntd-fs.m4 (MOUNTED_INTERIX_STATVFS): Spell file systems with
        two words, not one.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 85af2c3..675c8e0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ sc_prohibit_augmenting_PATH_via_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT:
                 "  see <$$url>" 1>&2; exit 1; } || :                   \
        else :; fi

+# Run all maint.mk syntax-check tests on gnulib's sources.
+sc_maint:
+       rm -f maint.mk; ln -s top/maint.mk maint.mk
+       $(MAKE) -s srcdir=. gnulib_dir=. _build-aux=build-aux \
+            -f cfg.mk -f maint.mk syntax-check
+       rm -f maint.mk
+
 # Files in m4/ that (exceptionally) may use AC_LIBOBJ.
 # Do not include their ".m4" suffix.
 allow_AC_LIBOBJ =      \
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..045d0ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# This file is used via the maint.mk-using rule in Makefile.
+
+local-checks-to-skip =                 \
+  sc_GFDL_version                      \
+  sc_GPL_version                       \
+  sc_avoid_if_before_free              \
+  sc_bindtextdomain                    \
+  sc_cast_of_alloca_return_value       \
+  sc_cast_of_argument_to_free          \
+  sc_cast_of_x_alloc_return_value      \
+  sc_error_message_period              \
+  sc_error_message_uppercase           \
+  sc_immutable_NEWS                    \
+  sc_m4_quote_check                    \
+  sc_makefile_TAB_only_indentation     \
+  sc_makefile_at_at_check              \
+  sc_makefile_path_separator_check     \
+  sc_obsolete_symbols                  \
+  sc_program_name                      \
+  sc_prohibit_HAVE_MBRTOWC             \
+  sc_prohibit_S_IS_definition          \
+  sc_prohibit_always_true_header_tests \
+  sc_prohibit_always-defined_macros    \
+  sc_prohibit_atoi_atof                        \
+  sc_prohibit_c_ctype_without_use      \
+  sc_prohibit_cloexec_without_use      \
+  sc_prohibit_dirent_without_use       \
+  sc_prohibit_doubled_word             \
+  sc_prohibit_empty_lines_at_EOF       \
+  sc_prohibit_error_without_use                \
+  sc_prohibit_getopt_without_use       \
+  sc_prohibit_hash_pjw_without_use     \
+  sc_prohibit_have_config_h            \
+  sc_prohibit_intprops_without_use     \
+  sc_prohibit_inttostr_without_use     \
+  sc_prohibit_magic_number_exit                \
+  sc_prohibit_openat_without_use       \
+  sc_prohibit_path_max_allocation      \
+  sc_prohibit_reversed_compare_failure \
+  sc_prohibit_safe_read_without_use    \
+  sc_prohibit_signal_without_use       \
+  sc_prohibit_stat_st_blocks           \
+  sc_prohibit_stddef_without_use       \
+  sc_prohibit_stdio--_without_use      \
+  sc_prohibit_strcmp                   \
+  sc_prohibit_strings_without_use      \
+  sc_prohibit_undesirable_word_seq     \
+  sc_prohibit_xalloc_without_use       \
+  sc_require_config_h                  \
+  sc_require_config_h_first            \
+  sc_space_tab                         \
+  sc_texinfo_acronym                   \
+  sc_trailing_blank                    \
+  sc_two_space_separator_in_usage      \
+  sc_unmarked_diagnostics              \
+  sc_useless_cpp_parens
-- 
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