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diff top/maint.mk @ 13185:8845faccc61b
maint.mk: add a PATH crosschecking syntax-check rule
* top/maint.mk (sc_cross_check_PATH_usage_in_tests): New rule.
Useful if you use a test like the one in help-version (coreutils,
diffutils, grep, gzip) that ensures $(VERSION) matches what is
printed by prog --version.
author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> |
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date | Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:45:59 +0200 |
parents | 5f4b249b16d0 |
children | ba35e9647b3b |
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--- a/top/maint.mk Wed Apr 07 00:26:31 2010 +0200 +++ b/top/maint.mk Wed Apr 07 13:45:59 2010 +0200 @@ -849,6 +849,26 @@ halt='out of date copyright in $(texi); update it' \ $(_sc_search_regexp) +# If tests/help-version exists and seems to be new enough, assume that its +# use of init.sh and path_prepend_ is correct, and ensure that every other +# use of init.sh is identical. +# This is useful because help-version cross-checks prog --version +# with $(VERSION), which verifies that its path_prepend_ invocation +# sets PATH correctly. This is an inexpensive way to ensure that +# the other init.sh-using tests also get it right. +_hv_file ?= $(srcdir)/tests/help-version +_hv_regex ?= ^ *\. [^ ]*/init\.sh +sc_cross_check_PATH_usage_in_tests: + @if grep -l 'VERSION mismatch' $(_hv_file) >/dev/null \ + && grep -lE '$(_hv_regex)' $(_hv_file) >/dev/null; then \ + good=$$(grep -E '$(_hv_regex)' < $(_hv_file)); \ + grep -LFx "$$good" \ + $$(grep -lE '$(_hv_regex)' $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT))) \ + | grep . && \ + { echo "$(ME): the above files use path_prepend_ inconsistently" \ + 1>&2; exit 1; } || :; \ + fi + # #if HAVE_... will evaluate to false for any non numeric string. # That would be flagged by using -Wundef, however gnulib currently # tests many undefined macros, and so we can't enable that option.