FYI: Tuning Makefile.maint

[Akim Demaille]

Hi Jim,

Below there is a suggested changes for Makefile.maint.

Index: ChangeLog

        * Makefile.cfg (local-checks-to-skip): New.
        * Makefile.maint (local-check): Rename as...
        (local-checks-available): this.
        (local-check): New.

from  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
Index: Makefile.cfg
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/Makefile.cfg,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -u -r1.2 Makefile.cfg
--- Makefile.cfg 20 Aug 2003 06:29:55 -0000 1.2
+++ Makefile.cfg 22 Aug 2003 13:56:19 -0000
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
-# -*- makefile -*-
-## Customize Makefile.maint.
+# Customize Makefile.maint for Autoconf.            -*- makefile -*-
+# Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+# 02111-1307, USA.
 
 prev_version_file = $(srcdir)/config/prev-version.txt
 move_if_change = $(srcdir)/config/move-if-change
@@ -33,3 +48,9 @@
 
 # autom4te-update is defined in Makefile.am.
 local_updates = wget-update cvs-update autom4te-update
+
+# Tests not to run.
+local-checks-to-skip ?= \
+  po-check m4-check author_mark_check \
+  strftime-check syntax-check makefile_path_separator_check \
+  makefile-check
Index: Makefile.maint
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/Makefile.maint,v
retrieving revision 1.24
diff -u -u -r1.24 Makefile.maint
--- Makefile.maint 19 Aug 2003 08:12:18 -0000 1.24
+++ Makefile.maint 22 Aug 2003 13:56:19 -0000
@@ -56,11 +56,13 @@
 # Checks that don't require cvs.
 # Run `changelog-check' last, as previous test may reveal problems requiring
 # new ChangeLog entries.
-local-check = \
+local-checks-available = \
   po-check copyright-check writable-files m4-check author_mark_check \
   changelog-check strftime-check syntax-check makefile_path_separator_check \
   makefile-check
-.PHONY: $(local-check)
+.PHONY: $(local-checks-available)
+
+local-check = $(filter-out $(local-checks-to-skip), $(local-checks-available))
 
 # Make sure C source files in src/ don't include xalloc.h directly,
 # since they all already include it via sys2.h.
Index: man/config.guess.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/man/config.guess.1,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -u -r1.25 config.guess.1
--- man/config.guess.1 20 Aug 2003 07:02:32 -0000 1.25
+++ man/config.guess.1 22 Aug 2003 13:56:20 -0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.33.
-.TH CONFIG.GUESS "1" "August 2003" "config.guess (2003-06-17)" "User Commands"
+.TH CONFIG.GUESS "1" "August 2003" "config.guess (2003-07-02)" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 config.guess \- guess the build system triplet
 .SH SYNOPSIS
Index: man/config.sub.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/man/config.sub.1,v
retrieving revision 1.24
diff -u -u -r1.24 config.sub.1
--- man/config.sub.1 20 Aug 2003 07:02:32 -0000 1.24
+++ man/config.sub.1 22 Aug 2003 13:56:20 -0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.33.
-.TH CONFIG.SUB "1" "August 2003" "config.sub (2003-06-17)" "User Commands"
+.TH CONFIG.SUB "1" "August 2003" "config.sub (2003-07-17)" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 config.sub \- validate and canonicalize a configuration triplet
 .SH SYNOPSIS