Hello, There was an issue with syntax-check on FreeBSD reported a few years ago: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2015-August/msg00758.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2015-08/msg00019.html
The patch series attempts to resolve the issue on gnulib side. With related changes on libvirt side I can run make syntax-check on macOS. * modules/maintainer-makefile (configure.ac): Look for the best available ggrep or grep with AC_PROG_GREP. * top/maint.mk: Split long argument lists with xargs. Replace grep invocations with $(GREP). v2: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-12/msg00026.html Changes since v2: - removed /dev/null argument for grep invocations with "-l" flag - reformatted all affected multi-line commands to be more consistent with the style of the code around with regards to &&, || and | - removed dependency on mkdir in sc_prohibit_always-defined_macros - rewrote sc_po_check to avoid running perl with $(generated_files) multiple times - rewrote sc_cross_check_PATH_usage_in_tests to simplify indentation v1: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-11/msg00069.html Changes since v1: - removed VC_ARG_MAX - removed "-n" flag in xargs invocations - added /dev/null as an extra file for uniform grep output regardless of number of files. The file isn't added if grep invocation has "-L" flag - added dependency on AC_PROG_GREP to modules/maintainer-makefile -- Best regards, Roman Roman Bolshakov (2): maint.mk: Split long argument lists maint.mk: Replace grep with $(GREP) modules/maintainer-makefile | 1 + top/maint.mk | 207 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 2 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-) -- 2.17.2 (Apple Git-113)
