[Libvir] 0/8 add syntax checks

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 11:16:15PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
> The first patch simply removes the useless if tests.
> Following it, I introduce a "make syntax-check" framework
> similar to what I use in coreutils.  In it, most tests
> are disabled, except the new one that tests for the unnecessary
> "if"-before-free.

We should add a call to 'make syntax-check' into the autobuild.sh script
so that these checks get on the automated builds each night.

> I deliberately keep these tests in a separate Makefile.maint
> file, and pull them in via GNUmakefile so that they are not
> subject to the burdensome portability constraints associated
> with regular Makefile.am contents.  I.e., if you run "make
> syntax-check", you are expected to have GNU make as well
> as a reasonable set of working tools.  Thus, we don't have to
> worry about whether egrep works or whether e.g., perl is present.

Sounds like a good strategy

Dan.
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