Re: [PATCH 1/2] top/maint.mk: Fix VC_LIST_EXCEPT for srcdir != builddir

[Eric Blake]

According to Jim Meyering on 1/21/2010 8:51 AM:
> Here are a pair of maint.mk patches.
> The first is from Jiri Denemark and makes VC_LIST-using
> rules like "make syntax-check" also work when run from
> a non-srcdir build.
> 
> The second tweaks things so that the pre-filter works robustly
> even when $(srcdir) contains a '.'.

This isn't working for VPATH builds, although I haven't had time to figure
out why.  I'm now getting large dumps like:

> grep: ../../tests/Makefile.am: No such file or directory
> : No such file or directory
> grep: ../../src/symtab.c: No such file or directory
> (standard input)
> maint.mk: the above files do not call set_program_name
> make: *** [sc_program_name] Error 1
> make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> grep: ../../.gitattributes: No such file or directory
> grep: ../../.gitignore: No such file or directory

when I built in a subdirectory of the checkout.  Somehow, the VPATH
location of '../' got turned into '../../'.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden

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