* Makefile.maint (sc_the_the): New rule.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4e9f78ddc35b90942e625f951bbed245855d6a65..79b3ae48d01b4e60d5a0d2a867b289f20da6075e 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2006-07-08  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
+       * Makefile.maint (sc_the_the): New rule.
+
        * src/dd.c (skip): Remove one of two adjacent "the"s in a comment.
 
 2006-07-07  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>

diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 6d2839309910698ad1c00ed3466933e6eac033ba..10170a7d67785890e87640438fdbb8d232d1b6fe 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ sc_sun_os_names:
          { echo '$(ME): found misuse of Sun OS version numbers' 1>&2;  \
            exit 1; } || :
 
+sc_the_the:
+       @grep -ni '\<the ''the\>' $$($(CVS_LIST_EXCEPT)) &&             \
+         { echo '$(ME): found use of "the ''the";' 1>&2;               \
+           exit 1; } || :
+
 sc_tight_scope:
        $(MAKE) -C src $@