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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2012-04-04 12:34:22 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2012-04-04 12:34:22 +0200
commite82602833d5c79f07198b61f2f42240b3edf2ba0 (patch)
tree46600841e5288555bba96eec768c22f9f380efc5
parent33230a19ca27d99629a7c8000f56ecce22e956fa (diff)
downloadcoreutils-e82602833d5c79f07198b61f2f42240b3edf2ba0.tar.xz
tests: new syntax-check rule to prohibit use of `...` in tests/
* cfg.mk (sc_prohibit_test_backticks): New rule. Exempt 3 files.
-rw-r--r--cfg.mk9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index ef7118ae9..c3ddb424c 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -303,6 +303,12 @@ sc_prohibit_framework_failure:
halt='use framework_failure_ instead' \
$(_sc_search_regexp)
+# Prohibit the use of `...` in tests/. Use $(...) instead.
+sc_prohibit_test_backticks:
+ @prohibit='`' in_vc_files='^tests/' \
+ halt='use $$(...), not `...` in tests/' \
+ $(_sc_search_regexp)
+
# Exempt the contents of any usage function from the following.
_continued_string_col_1 = \
s/^usage .*?\n}//ms;/\\\n\w/ and print ("$$ARGV\n"),$$e=1;END{$$e||=0;exit $$e}
@@ -447,3 +453,6 @@ exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_stat_st_blocks = \
exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_continued_string_alpha_in_column_1 = \
^src/(system\.h|od\.c|printf\.c)$$
+
+exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_test_backticks = \
+ ^tests/(init\.sh|check\.mk|misc/stdbuf)$$