Re: parse-duration-tests: make it build

[Jim Meyering]

Bruce Korb wrote:
> On 06/21/12 09:22, Bruce Korb wrote:
>> On 06/21/12 08:16, Jim Meyering wrote:
>>>
>>> Maybe just try again?
>
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/old-home/gnu/proj/gnulib/t'
> make: *** No rule to make target `sc_maint'.  Stop.

That rule is in the top-level Makefile.
You must run "make sc_maint" from there.

> Also, the way to bypass the test is fairly indecipherable from
> just looking at cfg.mk.

Hah!  I was surprised to see that there is no such test in gnulib's
maint.mk.  It's in coreutils' cfg.mk:

# Indent only with spaces.
sc_prohibit_tab_based_indentation:
        @prohibit='^ *  '                                               \
        halt='TAB in indentation; use only spaces'                      \
          $(_sc_search_regexp)

> Perhaps it would be best to ignore
> leading tabs in shell scripts the way they are ignored in
> make file fragments.

Sorry, no.
There seems is consensus that we do not want to ignore
leading tabs in shell scripts.