On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 1:12 AM, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Eric Blake <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 10/19/2012 03:56 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote: >>> On 19.10.2012 05:49, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote: >>>> From: "Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <zeeshanak@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> >> >>>> + >>>> +@INTLTOOL_XML_RULE@ >>> >>> This is causing 'make syntax-check' to fail. However, I am not sure how to avoid that other than adding rule to cfg.mk: >>> >>> exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_makefile_at_at_check = ^(data/devices/Makefile.am|data/hypervisors/Makefile.am|data/oses/Makefile.am) >> >> You don't need an exclude rule - that's too heavy of a hammer as it >> prevents all other tests for invalid use of @FOO@ in Makefile.am. Does >> $(INTLTOOL_XML_RULE) work? > > Nope. :( > >> If so, use that. If not, then add this >> instead to your cfg.mk, which exempts just the one pattern, rather than >> the entire file: >> >> _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = INTLTOOL_XML_RULE > > I used this one. `make syntax-check` still fails though but for > another issue AFAICT. Looking more closely, this line doesn't help. I have absolutely no idea how these syntax checking scripts work but I did try putting 'scm_' in front of '_makefile_at_at_check_exceptions' but that didn't help either. -- Regards, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) FSF member#5124