Re: [PATCH] distcheck: ensure dist-hook fails if syntax-check fails

[Stefano Lattarini]

Hi Jim.

On Friday 14 October 2011, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> > * Makefile.am (run-syntax-check): Fix logic, to ensure that
> > the recipe of this target returns a non-zero exit status if
> > "make syntax-check" fails.
> 
> Good catch.  Applied.
> 
Thanks.  But now that I think about it, I see that we could improve
the rule even more, by making it work in VPATH builds too; i.e., from:

  $(AM_V_GEN)test ! -d .git || $(MAKE) syntax-check

to:

  $(AM_V_GEN)test ! -d $(top_srcdir)/.git || $(MAKE) syntax-check

Of course, this makes sense only if the syntax checks themselves work
in VPATH builds ...

Regards,
  Stefano