Re: Use of gnulib's cfg.mk

[Jim Meyering]

Reuben Thomas wrote:
> On 14 April 2012 20:17, Reuben Thomas <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 14 April 2012 19:44, Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Reuben Thomas wrote:
>>>> I see that gnulib has its own cfg.mk which is used, for example, to
>>>> skip some syntax-check checks on gnulib's own code.
>>>> ...
>>>> I can't see that gnulib's cfg.mk is mentioned by any module.
>>>
>>> Yes,
>>>  $ ./gnulib-tool --find cfg.mk
>>> shows that cfg.mk is not contained in any module. This is because it
>>> describes syntax rules for the gnulib source code, not for the Zile
>>> or Hello source code.
>>
>> OK, I'm obviously misunderstanding how Zile escapes performing the
>> syntax checks on files in gnulib.

The syntax checks check only version-controlled files,
which does not include files in git submodules.