The syntax checks might trip over problems in the gnulib code itself
when scanning the local patches. Since it's unlikely these checks
will find anything useful, just disable them for the gl/ patches.
* cfg.mk (VC_LIST_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE_REGEX): Ignore ^gl/.
---
cfg.mk | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index bce1dd6195c0..fcf43e34d142 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ else
announcement_Cc_ = autotools-annou...@gnu.org, $(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT)
endif
-# Don't syntax check the mail subdirectory.
-VC_LIST_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE_REGEX = ^mail/
+# Don't syntax check the mail subdirectory or patches to gnulib itself.
+VC_LIST_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE_REGEX = ^(mail|gl)/
local-checks-to-fix = \
sc_require_config_h \
--
2.43.0
