--- a/ChangeLog	Fri Apr 24 20:27:52 2009 +0200
+++ b/ChangeLog	Fri Apr 24 20:45:37 2009 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2009-04-24  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
+	maint.mk: remove coreutils-specific rules and variables
+	* top/maint.mk (bin, taint-distcheck, coreutils-path-check, t): Remove.
+	(fake_home, install-transform-check, my-instcheck, pfx, TMPDIR): Remove.
+	(t_prefix, t_taint, tp, warn_cflags, write_loser, my-distcheck): Remove.
+
 	maint.mk: remove obsolete rule
 	* top/maint.mk (rel-check): Remove rule.
 	(WGET, WGETFLAGS): Remove now-unused variables.

--- a/top/maint.mk	Fri Apr 24 20:27:52 2009 +0200
+++ b/top/maint.mk	Fri Apr 24 20:45:37 2009 +0200
@@ -628,140 +628,6 @@
 
 built_programs = $$(cd src && MAKEFLAGS= $(MAKE) -s built_programs.list)
 
-warn_cflags = -Dlint -O -Werror -Wall -Wformat -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith
-bin=bin-$$$$
-
-write_loser = printf '\#!%s\necho $$0: bad path 1>&2; exit 1\n' '$(SHELL)'
-
-TMPDIR ?= /tmp
-t=$(TMPDIR)/$(PACKAGE)/test
-pfx=$(t)/i
-
-# More than once, tainted build and source directory names would
-# have caused at least one "make check" test to apply "chmod 700"
-# to all directories under $HOME.  Make sure it doesn't happen again.
-tp := $(shell echo "$(TMPDIR)/$(PACKAGE)-$$$$")
-t_prefix = $(tp)/a
-t_taint = '$(t_prefix) b'
-fake_home = $(tp)/home
-
-# Ensure that tests run from tainted build and src dir names work,
-# and don't affect anything in $HOME.  Create witness files in $HOME,
-# record their attributes, and build/test.  Then ensure that the
-# witnesses were not affected.
-ALL_RECURSIVE_TARGETS += taint-distcheck
-taint-distcheck: $(DIST_ARCHIVES)
-	test -d $(t_taint) && chmod -R 700 $(t_taint) || :
-	-rm -rf $(t_taint) $(fake_home)
-	mkdir -p $(t_prefix) $(t_taint) $(fake_home)
-	GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) $(AMTAR) -C $(t_taint) -zxf $(distdir).tar.gz
-	mkfifo $(fake_home)/fifo
-	touch $(fake_home)/f
-	mkdir -p $(fake_home)/d/e
-	ls -lR $(fake_home) $(t_prefix) > $(tp)/.ls-before
-	cd $(t_taint)/$(distdir)			\
-	  && ./configure				\
-	  && $(MAKE)					\
-	  && HOME=$(fake_home) $(MAKE) check		\
-	  && ls -lR $(fake_home) $(t_prefix) > $(tp)/.ls-after \
-	  && diff $(tp)/.ls-before $(tp)/.ls-after	\
-	  && test -d $(t_prefix)
-	rm -rf $(tp)
-
-# Verify that a twisted use of --program-transform-name=PROGRAM works.
-define install-transform-check
-  echo running install-transform-check			\
-    && rm -rf $(pfx)					\
-    && $(MAKE) program_transform_name='s/.*/zyx/'	\
-      prefix=$(pfx) install				\
-    && test "$$(echo $(pfx)/bin/*)" = "$(pfx)/bin/zyx"	\
-    && test "$$(find $(pfx)/share/man -type f|sed 's,.*/,,;s,\..*,,')" = "zyx"
-endef
-
-# Install, then verify that all binaries and man pages are in place.
-# Note that neither the binary, ginstall, nor the ].1 man page is installed.
-define my-instcheck
-  $(MAKE) prefix=$(pfx) install				\
-    && test ! -f $(pfx)/bin/ginstall			\
-    && { fail=0;					\
-      for i in $(built_programs); do			\
-        test "$$i" = ginstall && i=install;		\
-        for j in "$(pfx)/bin/$$i"			\
-                 "$(pfx)/share/man/man1/$$i.1"; do	\
-          case $$j in *'[.1') continue;; esac;		\
-          test -f "$$j" && :				\
-            || { echo "$$j not installed"; fail=1; };	\
-        done;						\
-      done;						\
-      test $$fail = 1 && exit 1 || :;			\
-    }
-endef
-
-define coreutils-path-check
-  {							\
-    if test -f $(srcdir)/src/true.c; then		\
-      fail=1;						\
-      mkdir $(bin)					\
-	&& ($(write_loser)) > $(bin)/loser		\
-	&& chmod a+x $(bin)/loser			\
-	&& for i in $(built_programs); do		\
-	       case $$i in				\
-		 rm|expr|basename|echo|sort|ls|tr);;	\
-		 cat|dirname|mv|wc);;			\
-		 *) ln $(bin)/loser $(bin)/$$i;;	\
-	       esac;					\
-	     done					\
-	  && ln -sf ../src/true $(bin)/false		\
-	  && PATH=`pwd`/$(bin)$(PATH_SEPARATOR)$$PATH	\
-		$(MAKE) -C tests check			\
-	  && { test -d gnulib-tests			\
-		 && $(MAKE) -C gnulib-tests check	\
-		 || :; }				\
-	  && rm -rf $(bin)				\
-	  && fail=0;					\
-    else						\
-      fail=0;						\
-    fi;							\
-    test $$fail = 1 && exit 1 || :;			\
-  }
-endef
-
-# Use -Wformat -Werror to detect format-string/arg-list mismatches.
-# Also, check for shadowing problems with -Wshadow, and for pointer
-# arithmetic problems with -Wpointer-arith.
-# These CFLAGS are pretty strict.  If you build this target, you probably
-# have to have a recent version of gcc and glibc headers.
-# The hard-linking for-loop below ensures that there is a bin/ directory
-# full of all of the programs under test (except the ones that are required
-# for basic Makefile rules), all symlinked to the just-built "false" program.
-# This is to ensure that if ever a test neglects to make PATH include
-# the build srcdir, these always-failing programs will run.
-# Otherwise, it is too easy to test the wrong programs.
-# Note that "false" itself is a symlink to true, so it too will malfunction.
-ALL_RECURSIVE_TARGETS += my-distcheck
-my-distcheck: $(DIST_ARCHIVES) $(local-check)
-	$(MAKE) syntax-check
-	$(MAKE) check
-	-rm -rf $(t)
-	mkdir -p $(t)
-	GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) $(AMTAR) -C $(t) -zxf $(distdir).tar.gz
-	cd $(t)/$(distdir)				\
-	  && ./configure --disable-nls			\
-	  && $(MAKE) CFLAGS='$(warn_cflags)'		\
-	      AM_MAKEFLAGS='$(null_AM_MAKEFLAGS)'	\
-	  && $(MAKE) dvi				\
-	  && $(install-transform-check)			\
-	  && $(my-instcheck)				\
-	  && $(coreutils-path-check)			\
-	  && $(MAKE) distclean
-	(cd $(t) && mv $(distdir) $(distdir).old	\
-	  && $(AMTAR) -zxf - ) < $(distdir).tar.gz
-	diff -ur $(t)/$(distdir).old $(t)/$(distdir)
-	-rm -rf $(t)
-	@echo "========================"; \
-	echo "$(distdir).tar.gz is ready for distribution"; \
-	echo "========================"
-
 rel-files = $(DIST_ARCHIVES)
 
 gnulib-version = $$(cd $(gnulib_dir) && git describe)