From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:27:02 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (author_mark_check): New rule.
X-Git-Tag: TEXTUTILS-2_0_15~425
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4c83ec781b02b43c16f0d82c8c5c830721b138e6;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(author_mark_check): New rule.
(local-check): Depend on it.
---

diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 8119cacaef..e56cb7b1f8 100644
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ po-check:
 	  rm -f $@-1 $@-2; \
 	fi
 
+# In a definition of #define AUTHORS "... and ..." where the RHS contains
+# the English word `and', the string must be marked with `N_ (...)' so that
+# gettext recognizes it as a string requiring translation.
+author_mark_check:
+	@grep '^# *define AUTHORS "[^"]* and ' src/*.c |grep -v ' N_ (' && \
+	  { echo 'Makefile.maint: enclose the above strings in N_ (...)' 1>&2; \
+	    exit 1; } || :
+
 # Check that `make alpha' will not fail at the end of the process.
 writable-files:
 	if test -d $(release-archive-dir); then :; else			\
@@ -62,7 +70,8 @@ writable-files:
 	test "$$fail" && exit 1 || :
 
 # Checks that don't require cvs.
-local-check: changelog-check po-check writable-files check-copyright m4-check
+local-check: changelog-check po-check writable-files check-copyright m4-check \
+	author_mark_check
 
 
 # Sanity checks with the CVS repository.