temporarily disable elisp exception tests
[bpt/guile.git] / maint.mk
index 47cb44e..30f2e8e 100644 (file)
--- a/maint.mk
+++ b/maint.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This Makefile fragment tries to be general-purpose enough to be
 # used by many projects via the gnulib maintainer-makefile module.
 
-## Copyright (C) 2001-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+## Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ##
 ## This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 # ME := $(word $(words $(MAKEFILE_LIST)),$(MAKEFILE_LIST))
 ME := maint.mk
 
-# Override this in cfg.mk if you use a non-standard build-aux directory.
-build_aux ?= $(srcdir)/build-aux
+# Diagnostic for continued use of deprecated variable.
+# Remove in 2013
+ifneq ($(build_aux),)
+ $(error "$(ME): \
+set $$(_build-aux) relative to $$(srcdir) instead of $$(build_aux)")
+endif
+
+# Helper variables.
+_empty =
+_sp = $(_empty) $(_empty)
+
+# _equal,S1,S2
+# ------------
+# If S1 == S2, return S1, otherwise the empty string.
+_equal = $(and $(findstring $(1),$(2)),$(findstring $(2),$(1)))
+
+# member-check,VARIABLE,VALID-VALUES
+# ----------------------------------
+# Check that $(VARIABLE) is in the space-separated list of VALID-VALUES, and
+# return it.  Die otherwise.
+member-check =                                                         \
+  $(strip                                                              \
+    $(if $($(1)),                                                      \
+      $(if $(findstring $(_sp),$($(1))),                               \
+          $(error invalid $(1): '$($(1))', expected $(2)),             \
+          $(or $(findstring $(_sp)$($(1))$(_sp),$(_sp)$(2)$(_sp)),     \
+            $(error invalid $(1): '$($(1))', expected $(2)))),         \
+      $(error $(1) undefined)))
 
 # Do not save the original name or timestamp in the .tar.gz file.
 # Use --rsyncable if available.
@@ -33,9 +59,8 @@ GZIP_ENV = '--no-name --best $(gzip_rsyncable)'
 
 GIT = git
 VC = $(GIT)
-VC-tag = git tag -s -m '$(VERSION)' 'v$(VERSION)' -u '$(gpg_key_ID)'
 
-VC_LIST = $(build_aux)/vc-list-files -C $(srcdir)
+VC_LIST = $(srcdir)/$(_build-aux)/vc-list-files -C $(srcdir)
 
 # You can override this variable in cfg.mk to set your own regexp
 # matching files to ignore.
@@ -49,18 +74,18 @@ _dot_escaped_srcdir = $(subst .,\.,$(srcdir))
 # Post-process $(VC_LIST) output, prepending $(srcdir)/, but only
 # when $(srcdir) is not ".".
 ifeq ($(srcdir),.)
-_prepend_srcdir_prefix =
+  _prepend_srcdir_prefix =
 else
-_prepend_srcdir_prefix = | sed 's|^|$(srcdir)/|'
+  _prepend_srcdir_prefix = | $(SED) 's|^|$(srcdir)/|'
 endif
 
 # In order to be able to consistently filter "."-relative names,
 # (i.e., with no $(srcdir) prefix), this definition is careful to
 # remove any $(srcdir) prefix, and to restore what it removes.
 _sc_excl = \
-  $(if $(exclude_file_name_regexp--$@),$(exclude_file_name_regexp--$@),^$$)
+  $(or $(exclude_file_name_regexp--$@),^$$)
 VC_LIST_EXCEPT = \
-  $(VC_LIST) | sed 's|^$(_dot_escaped_srcdir)/||' \
+  $(VC_LIST) | $(SED) 's|^$(_dot_escaped_srcdir)/||' \
        | if test -f $(srcdir)/.x-$@; then grep -vEf $(srcdir)/.x-$@; \
          else grep -Ev -e "$${VC_LIST_EXCEPT_DEFAULT-ChangeLog}"; fi \
        | grep -Ev -e '($(VC_LIST_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE_REGEX)|$(_sc_excl))' \
@@ -75,32 +100,41 @@ VERSION_REGEXP = $(subst .,\.,$(VERSION))
 PREV_VERSION_REGEXP = $(subst .,\.,$(PREV_VERSION))
 
 ifeq ($(VC),$(GIT))
-this-vc-tag = v$(VERSION)
-this-vc-tag-regexp = v$(VERSION_REGEXP)
+  this-vc-tag = v$(VERSION)
+  this-vc-tag-regexp = v$(VERSION_REGEXP)
 else
-tag-package = $(shell echo "$(PACKAGE)" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
-tag-this-version = $(subst .,_,$(VERSION))
-this-vc-tag = $(tag-package)-$(tag-this-version)
-this-vc-tag-regexp = $(this-vc-tag)
+  tag-package = $(shell echo "$(PACKAGE)" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
+  tag-this-version = $(subst .,_,$(VERSION))
+  this-vc-tag = $(tag-package)-$(tag-this-version)
+  this-vc-tag-regexp = $(this-vc-tag)
 endif
 my_distdir = $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
 
 # Old releases are stored here.
 release_archive_dir ?= ../release
 
+# If RELEASE_TYPE is undefined, but RELEASE is, use its second word.
+# But overwrite VERSION.
+ifdef RELEASE
+  VERSION := $(word 1, $(RELEASE))
+  RELEASE_TYPE ?= $(word 2, $(RELEASE))
+endif
+
+# Validate and return $(RELEASE_TYPE), or die.
+RELEASE_TYPES = alpha beta stable
+release-type = $(call member-check,RELEASE_TYPE,$(RELEASE_TYPES))
+
 # Override gnu_rel_host and url_dir_list in cfg.mk if these are not right.
 # Use alpha.gnu.org for alpha and beta releases.
 # Use ftp.gnu.org for stable releases.
 gnu_ftp_host-alpha = alpha.gnu.org
 gnu_ftp_host-beta = alpha.gnu.org
 gnu_ftp_host-stable = ftp.gnu.org
-gnu_rel_host ?= $(gnu_ftp_host-$(RELEASE_TYPE))
+gnu_rel_host ?= $(gnu_ftp_host-$(release-type))
 
-ifeq ($(gnu_rel_host),ftp.gnu.org)
-url_dir_list ?= http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/$(PACKAGE)
-else
-url_dir_list ?= ftp://$(gnu_rel_host)/gnu/$(PACKAGE)
-endif
+url_dir_list ?= $(if $(call _equal,$(gnu_rel_host),ftp.gnu.org),       \
+                     http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/$(PACKAGE),              \
+                     ftp://$(gnu_rel_host)/gnu/$(PACKAGE))
 
 # Override this in cfg.mk if you are using a different format in your
 # NEWS file.
@@ -121,17 +155,17 @@ export LC_ALL = C
 ## Sanity checks.  ##
 ## --------------- ##
 
-_cfg_mk := $(shell test -f $(srcdir)/cfg.mk && echo '$(srcdir)/cfg.mk')
+_cfg_mk := $(wildcard $(srcdir)/cfg.mk)
 
-# Collect the names of rules starting with `sc_'.
-syntax-check-rules := $(sort $(shell sed -n 's/^\(sc_[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*\):.*/\1/p' \
-                       $(srcdir)/$(ME) $(_cfg_mk)))
+# Collect the names of rules starting with 'sc_'.
+syntax-check-rules := $(sort $(shell $(SED) -n \
+   's/^\(sc_[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*\):.*/\1/p' $(srcdir)/$(ME) $(_cfg_mk)))
 .PHONY: $(syntax-check-rules)
 
 ifeq ($(shell $(VC_LIST) >/dev/null 2>&1; echo $$?),0)
-local-checks-available += $(syntax-check-rules)
+  local-checks-available += $(syntax-check-rules)
 else
-local-checks-available += no-vc-detected
+  local-checks-available += no-vc-detected
 no-vc-detected:
        @echo "No version control files detected; skipping syntax check"
 endif
@@ -175,11 +209,20 @@ syntax-check: $(local-check)
 #     Regular expression (ERE) denoting either a forbidden construct
 #     or a required construct.  Those arguments are exclusive.
 #
+#  exclude
+#
+#     Regular expression (ERE) denoting lines to ignore that matched
+#     a prohibit construct.  For example, this can be used to exclude
+#     comments that mention why the nearby code uses an alternative
+#     construct instead of the simpler prohibited construct.
+#
 #  in_vc_files | in_files
 #
-#     grep-E-style regexp denoting the files to check.  If no files
-#     are specified the default are all the files that are under
-#     version control.
+#     grep-E-style regexp selecting the files to check.  For in_vc_files,
+#     the regexp is used to select matching files from the list of all
+#     version-controlled files; for in_files, it's from the names printed
+#     by "find $(srcdir)".  When neither is specified, use all files that
+#     are under version control.
 #
 #  containing | non_containing
 #
@@ -209,6 +252,17 @@ syntax-check: $(local-check)
 # when filtering by name via in_files, we explicitly filter out matching
 # names here as well.
 
+# Initialize each, so that envvar settings cannot interfere.
+export require =
+export prohibit =
+export exclude =
+export in_vc_files =
+export in_files =
+export containing =
+export non_containing =
+export halt =
+export with_grep_options =
+
 # By default, _sc_search_regexp does not ignore case.
 export ignore_case =
 _ignore_case = $$(test -n "$$ignore_case" && printf %s -i || :)
@@ -218,15 +272,6 @@ define _sc_say_and_exit
    { printf '%s\n' "$(ME): $$msg" 1>&2; exit 1; };
 endef
 
-# _sc_search_regexp used to be named _prohibit_regexp.  However,
-# upgrading to the new definition and leaving the old name undefined
-# would usually convert each custom rule using $(_prohibit_regexp)
-# (usually defined in cfg.mk) into a no-op.  This definition ensures
-# that people know right away if they're still using the old name.
-# FIXME: remove in 2012.
-_prohibit_regexp = \
-  $(error '*** you need to s/_prohibit_regexp/_sc_search_regexp/, and adapt')
-
 define _sc_search_regexp
    dummy=; : so we do not need a semicolon before each use;            \
                                                                        \
@@ -237,6 +282,9 @@ define _sc_search_regexp
    test -z "$$prohibit" && test -z "$$require"                         \
      && { msg='Should specify either prohibit or require'              \
           $(_sc_say_and_exit) } || :;                                  \
+   test -z "$$prohibit" && test -n "$$exclude"                         \
+     && { msg='Use of exclude requires a prohibit pattern'             \
+          $(_sc_say_and_exit) } || :;                                  \
    test -n "$$in_vc_files" && test -n "$$in_files"                     \
      && { msg='Cannot specify both in_vc_files and in_files'           \
           $(_sc_say_and_exit) } || :;                                  \
@@ -246,7 +294,7 @@ define _sc_search_regexp
    : Filter by file name;                                              \
    if test -n "$$in_files"; then                                       \
      files=$$(find $(srcdir) | grep -E "$$in_files"                    \
-              | grep -Ev '$(exclude_file_name_regexp--$@)');           \
+              | grep -Ev '$(_sc_excl)');                               \
    else                                                                        \
      files=$$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT));                                      \
      if test -n "$$in_vc_files"; then                                  \
@@ -264,6 +312,7 @@ define _sc_search_regexp
    if test -n "$$files"; then                                          \
      if test -n "$$prohibit"; then                                     \
        grep $$with_grep_options $(_ignore_case) -nE "$$prohibit" $$files \
+         | grep -vE "$${exclude:-^$$}"                                 \
          && { msg="$$halt" $(_sc_say_and_exit) } || :;                 \
      else                                                              \
        grep $$with_grep_options $(_ignore_case) -LE "$$require" $$files \
@@ -275,24 +324,24 @@ define _sc_search_regexp
 endef
 
 sc_avoid_if_before_free:
-       @$(build_aux)/useless-if-before-free                            \
+       @$(srcdir)/$(_build-aux)/useless-if-before-free                 \
                $(useless_free_options)                                 \
            $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT) | grep -v useless-if-before-free) &&   \
          { echo '$(ME): found useless "if" before "free" above' 1>&2;  \
            exit 1; } || :
 
 sc_cast_of_argument_to_free:
-       @prohibit='\<free *\( *\(' halt='don'\''t cast free argument'   \
+       @prohibit='\<free *\( *\(' halt="don't cast free argument"      \
          $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
 sc_cast_of_x_alloc_return_value:
        @prohibit='\*\) *x(m|c|re)alloc\>'                              \
-       halt='don'\''t cast x*alloc return value'                       \
+       halt="don't cast x*alloc return value"                          \
          $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
 sc_cast_of_alloca_return_value:
        @prohibit='\*\) *alloca\>'                                      \
-       halt='don'\''t cast alloca return value'                        \
+       halt="don't cast alloca return value"                           \
          $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
 sc_space_tab:
@@ -300,7 +349,7 @@ sc_space_tab:
        halt='found SPACE-TAB sequence; remove the SPACE'               \
          $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
-# Don't use *scanf or the old ato* functions in `real' code.
+# Don't use *scanf or the old ato* functions in "real" code.
 # They provide no error checking mechanism.
 # Instead, use strto* functions.
 sc_prohibit_atoi_atof:
@@ -309,12 +358,20 @@ sc_prohibit_atoi_atof:
          $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
 # Use STREQ rather than comparing strcmp == 0, or != 0.
+sp_ = strcmp *\(.+\)
 sc_prohibit_strcmp:
-       @grep -nE '! *str''cmp *\(|\<str''cmp *\(.+\) *[!=]='   \
-           $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT))                                       \
-         | grep -vE ':# *define STRN?EQ\(' &&                          \
-         { echo '$(ME): replace str''cmp calls above with STREQ/STRNEQ' \
-               1>&2; exit 1; } || :
+       @prohibit='! *strcmp *\(|\<$(sp_) *[!=]=|[!=]= *$(sp_)'         \
+       exclude='# *define STRN?EQ\('                                   \
+       halt='replace strcmp calls above with STREQ/STRNEQ'             \
+         $(_sc_search_regexp)
+
+# Really.  You don't want to use this function.
+# It may fail to NUL-terminate the destination,
+# and always NUL-pads out to the specified length.
+sc_prohibit_strncpy:
+       @prohibit='\<strncpy *\('                                       \
+       halt='do not use strncpy, period'                               \
+         $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
 # Pass EXIT_*, not number, to usage, exit, and error (when exiting)
 # Convert all uses automatically, via these two commands:
@@ -327,20 +384,21 @@ sc_prohibit_strcmp:
 #  | xargs --no-run-if-empty \
 #      perl -pi -e 's/(^|[^.])\b(exit ?)\(0\)/$1$2(EXIT_SUCCESS)/'
 sc_prohibit_magic_number_exit:
-       @prohibit='(^|[^.])\<(usage|exit) ?\([0-9]|\<error ?\([1-9][0-9]*,'     \
-       halt='use EXIT_* values rather than magic number'                       \
+       @prohibit='(^|[^.])\<(usage|exit|error) ?\(-?[0-9]+[,)]'        \
+       exclude='exit \(77\)|error ?\(((0|77),|[^,]*)'                  \
+       halt='use EXIT_* values rather than magic number'               \
          $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
 # Using EXIT_SUCCESS as the first argument to error is misleading,
-# since when that parameter is 0, error does not exit.  Use `0' instead.
+# since when that parameter is 0, error does not exit.  Use '0' instead.
 sc_error_exit_success:
        @prohibit='error *\(EXIT_SUCCESS,'                              \
        in_vc_files='\.[chly]$$'                                        \
        halt='found error (EXIT_SUCCESS'                                \
         $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
-# `FATAL:' should be fully upper-cased in error messages
-# `WARNING:' should be fully upper-cased, or fully lower-cased
+# "FATAL:" should be fully upper-cased in error messages
+# "WARNING:" should be fully upper-cased, or fully lower-cased
 sc_error_message_warn_fatal:
        @grep -nEA2 '[^rp]error *\(' $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT))              \
            | grep -E '"Warning|"Fatal|"fatal' &&                       \
@@ -390,7 +448,7 @@ sc_require_config_h_first:
        @if $(VC_LIST_EXCEPT) | grep -l '\.c$$' > /dev/null; then       \
          fail=0;                                                       \
          for i in $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT) | grep '\.c$$'); do             \
-           grep '^# *include\>' $$i | sed 1q                           \
+           grep '^# *include\>' $$i | $(SED) 1q                        \
                | grep -E '^# *include $(config_h_header)' > /dev/null  \
              || { echo $$i; fail=1; };                                 \
          done;                                                         \
@@ -406,11 +464,11 @@ sc_prohibit_HAVE_MBRTOWC:
          $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
 # To use this "command" macro, you must first define two shell variables:
-# h: the header, enclosed in <> or ""
+# h: the header name, with no enclosing <> or ""
 # re: a regular expression that matches IFF something provided by $h is used.
 define _sc_header_without_use
   dummy=; : so we do not need a semicolon before each use;             \
-  h_esc=`echo "$$h"|sed 's/\./\\\\./g'`;                               \
+  h_esc=`echo '[<"]'"$$h"'[">]'|$(SED) 's/\./\\\\./g'`;                        \
   if $(VC_LIST_EXCEPT) | grep -l '\.c$$' > /dev/null; then             \
     files=$$(grep -l '^# *include '"$$h_esc"                           \
             $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT) | grep '\.c$$')) &&                   \
@@ -423,42 +481,43 @@ endef
 
 # Prohibit the inclusion of assert.h without an actual use of assert.
 sc_prohibit_assert_without_use:
-       @h='<assert.h>' re='\<assert *\(' $(_sc_header_without_use)
+       @h='assert.h' re='\<assert *\(' $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 # Prohibit the inclusion of close-stream.h without an actual use.
 sc_prohibit_close_stream_without_use:
-       @h='"close-stream.h"' re='\<close_stream *\(' $(_sc_header_without_use)
+       @h='close-stream.h' re='\<close_stream *\(' $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 # Prohibit the inclusion of getopt.h without an actual use.
 sc_prohibit_getopt_without_use:
-       @h='<getopt.h>' re='\<getopt(_long)? *\(' $(_sc_header_without_use)
+       @h='getopt.h' re='\<getopt(_long)? *\(' $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 # Don't include quotearg.h unless you use one of its functions.
 sc_prohibit_quotearg_without_use:
-       @h='"quotearg.h"' re='\<quotearg(_[^ ]+)? *\(' $(_sc_header_without_use)
+       @h='quotearg.h' re='\<quotearg(_[^ ]+)? *\(' $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 # Don't include quote.h unless you use one of its functions.
 sc_prohibit_quote_without_use:
-       @h='"quote.h"' re='\<quote(_n)? *\(' $(_sc_header_without_use)
+       @h='quote.h' re='\<quote((_n)? *\(|_quoting_options\>)' \
+         $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 # Don't include this header unless you use one of its functions.
 sc_prohibit_long_options_without_use:
-       @h='"long-options.h"' re='\<parse_long_options *\(' \
+       @h='long-options.h' re='\<parse_long_options *\(' \
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 # Don't include this header unless you use one of its functions.
 sc_prohibit_inttostr_without_use:
-       @h='"inttostr.h"' re='\<(off|[iu]max|uint)tostr *\(' \
+       @h='inttostr.h' re='\<(off|[iu]max|uint)tostr *\(' \
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 # Don't include this header unless you use one of its functions.
 sc_prohibit_ignore_value_without_use:
-       @h='"ignore-value.h"' re='\<ignore_(value|ptr) *\(' \
+       @h='ignore-value.h' re='\<ignore_(value|ptr) *\(' \
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 # Don't include this header unless you use one of its functions.
 sc_prohibit_error_without_use:
-       @h='"error.h"' \
+       @h='error.h' \
        re='\<error(_at_line|_print_progname|_one_per_line|_message_count)? *\('\
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
@@ -481,7 +540,7 @@ sc_prohibit_error_without_use:
 _xa1 = x(((2n?)?re|char|n(re|m)|[cmz])alloc|alloc_(oversized|die)|(mem|str)dup)
 _xa2 = X([CZ]|N?M)ALLOC
 sc_prohibit_xalloc_without_use:
-       @h='"xalloc.h"' \
+       @h='xalloc.h' \
        re='\<($(_xa1)|$(_xa2)) *\('\
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
@@ -492,48 +551,56 @@ clear|delete|free|get_(first|next)|insert|lookup|print_statistics|reset_tuning
 _hash_fn = \<($(_hash_re)) *\(
 _hash_struct = (struct )?\<[Hh]ash_(table|tuning)\>
 sc_prohibit_hash_without_use:
-       @h='"hash.h"' \
+       @h='hash.h' \
        re='$(_hash_fn)|$(_hash_struct)'\
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
+sc_prohibit_cloexec_without_use:
+       @h='cloexec.h' re='\<(set_cloexec_flag|dup_cloexec) *\(' \
+         $(_sc_header_without_use)
+
+sc_prohibit_posixver_without_use:
+       @h='posixver.h' re='\<posix2_version *\(' $(_sc_header_without_use)
+
+sc_prohibit_same_without_use:
+       @h='same.h' re='\<same_name *\(' $(_sc_header_without_use)
+
 sc_prohibit_hash_pjw_without_use:
-       @h='"hash-pjw.h"' \
-       re='\<hash_pjw *\(' \
+       @h='hash-pjw.h' \
+       re='\<hash_pjw\>' \
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 sc_prohibit_safe_read_without_use:
-       @h='"safe-read.h"' re='(\<SAFE_READ_ERROR\>|\<safe_read *\()' \
+       @h='safe-read.h' re='(\<SAFE_READ_ERROR\>|\<safe_read *\()' \
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 sc_prohibit_argmatch_without_use:
-       @h='"argmatch.h"' \
-       re='(\<(ARRAY_CARDINALITY|X?ARGMATCH(|_TO_ARGUMENT|_VERIFY))\>|\<argmatch(_exit_fn|_(in)?valid) *\()' \
+       @h='argmatch.h' \
+       re='(\<(ARRAY_CARDINALITY|X?ARGMATCH(|_TO_ARGUMENT|_VERIFY))\>|\<(invalid_arg|argmatch(_exit_fn|_(in)?valid)?) *\()' \
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 sc_prohibit_canonicalize_without_use:
-       @h='"canonicalize.h"' \
-       re='CAN_(EXISTING|ALL_BUT_LAST|MISSING)|canonicalize_(mode_t|filename_mode)' \
+       @h='canonicalize.h' \
+       re='CAN_(EXISTING|ALL_BUT_LAST|MISSING)|canonicalize_(mode_t|filename_mode|file_name)' \
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 sc_prohibit_root_dev_ino_without_use:
-       @h='"root-dev-ino.h"' \
+       @h='root-dev-ino.h' \
        re='(\<ROOT_DEV_INO_(CHECK|WARN)\>|\<get_root_dev_ino *\()' \
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 sc_prohibit_openat_without_use:
-       @h='"openat.h"' \
-       re='\<(openat_(permissive|needs_fchdir|(save|restore)_fail)|l?(stat|ch(own|mod))at|(euid)?accessat)\>' \
+       @h='openat.h' \
+       re='\<(openat_(permissive|needs_fchdir|(save|restore)_fail)|l?(stat|ch(own|mod))at|(euid)?accessat|(FCHMOD|FCHOWN|STAT)AT_INLINE)\>' \
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 # Prohibit the inclusion of c-ctype.h without an actual use.
 ctype_re = isalnum|isalpha|isascii|isblank|iscntrl|isdigit|isgraph|islower\
 |isprint|ispunct|isspace|isupper|isxdigit|tolower|toupper
 sc_prohibit_c_ctype_without_use:
-       @h='[<"]c-ctype.h[">]' re='\<c_($(ctype_re)) *\(' \
+       @h='c-ctype.h' re='\<c_($(ctype_re)) *\(' \
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
-_empty =
-_sp = $(_empty) $(_empty)
 # The following list was generated by running:
 # man signal.h|col -b|perl -ne '/bsd_signal.*;/.../sigwaitinfo.*;/ and print' \
 #   | perl -lne '/^\s+(?:int|void).*?(\w+).*/ and print $1' | fmt
@@ -565,37 +632,73 @@ _sig_syms_re = $(subst $(_sp),|,$(strip $(_sig_names) $(_sig_types_and_consts)))
 
 # Prohibit the inclusion of signal.h without an actual use.
 sc_prohibit_signal_without_use:
-       @h='<signal.h>'                                                 \
+       @h='signal.h'                                                   \
        re='\<($(_sig_function_re)) *\(|\<($(_sig_syms_re))\>'          \
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
+# Don't include stdio--.h unless you use one of its functions.
+sc_prohibit_stdio--_without_use:
+       @h='stdio--.h' re='\<((f(re)?|p)open|tmpfile) *\('              \
+         $(_sc_header_without_use)
+
+# Don't include stdio-safer.h unless you use one of its functions.
+sc_prohibit_stdio-safer_without_use:
+       @h='stdio-safer.h' re='\<((f(re)?|p)open|tmpfile)_safer *\('    \
+         $(_sc_header_without_use)
+
 # Prohibit the inclusion of strings.h without a sensible use.
 # Using the likes of bcmp, bcopy, bzero, index or rindex is not sensible.
 sc_prohibit_strings_without_use:
-       @h='<strings.h>'                                                \
+       @h='strings.h'                                                  \
        re='\<(strn?casecmp|ffs(ll)?)\>'                                \
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 # Get the list of symbol names with this:
-# perl -lne '/^# *define (\w+)\(/ and print $1' lib/intprops.h|grep -v '^s'|fmt
+# perl -lne '/^# *define ([A-Z]\w+)\(/ and print $1' lib/intprops.h|fmt
 _intprops_names =                                                      \
   TYPE_IS_INTEGER TYPE_TWOS_COMPLEMENT TYPE_ONES_COMPLEMENT            \
   TYPE_SIGNED_MAGNITUDE TYPE_SIGNED TYPE_MINIMUM TYPE_MAXIMUM          \
-  INT_STRLEN_BOUND INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND
+  INT_BITS_STRLEN_BOUND INT_STRLEN_BOUND INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND             \
+  INT_ADD_RANGE_OVERFLOW INT_SUBTRACT_RANGE_OVERFLOW                   \
+  INT_NEGATE_RANGE_OVERFLOW INT_MULTIPLY_RANGE_OVERFLOW                        \
+  INT_DIVIDE_RANGE_OVERFLOW INT_REMAINDER_RANGE_OVERFLOW               \
+  INT_LEFT_SHIFT_RANGE_OVERFLOW INT_ADD_OVERFLOW INT_SUBTRACT_OVERFLOW \
+  INT_NEGATE_OVERFLOW INT_MULTIPLY_OVERFLOW INT_DIVIDE_OVERFLOW                \
+  INT_REMAINDER_OVERFLOW INT_LEFT_SHIFT_OVERFLOW
 _intprops_syms_re = $(subst $(_sp),|,$(strip $(_intprops_names)))
 # Prohibit the inclusion of intprops.h without an actual use.
 sc_prohibit_intprops_without_use:
-       @h='"intprops.h"'                                               \
+       @h='intprops.h'                                                 \
        re='\<($(_intprops_syms_re)) *\('                               \
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 _stddef_syms_re = NULL|offsetof|ptrdiff_t|size_t|wchar_t
 # Prohibit the inclusion of stddef.h without an actual use.
 sc_prohibit_stddef_without_use:
-       @h='<stddef.h>'                                                 \
-       re='\<($(_stddef_syms_re)) *\('                                 \
+       @h='stddef.h'                                                   \
+       re='\<($(_stddef_syms_re))\>'                                   \
          $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
+_de1 = dirfd|(close|(fd)?open|read|rewind|seek|tell)dir(64)?(_r)?
+_de2 = (versionsort|struct dirent|getdirentries|alphasort|scandir(at)?)(64)?
+_de3 = MAXNAMLEN|DIR|ino_t|d_ino|d_fileno|d_namlen
+_dirent_syms_re = $(_de1)|$(_de2)|$(_de3)
+# Prohibit the inclusion of dirent.h without an actual use.
+sc_prohibit_dirent_without_use:
+       @h='dirent.h'                                                   \
+       re='\<($(_dirent_syms_re))\>'                                   \
+         $(_sc_header_without_use)
+
+# Prohibit the inclusion of verify.h without an actual use.
+sc_prohibit_verify_without_use:
+       @h='verify.h'                                                   \
+       re='\<(verify(true|expr)?|static_assert) *\('                   \
+         $(_sc_header_without_use)
+
+# Don't include xfreopen.h unless you use one of its functions.
+sc_prohibit_xfreopen_without_use:
+       @h='xfreopen.h' re='\<xfreopen *\(' $(_sc_header_without_use)
+
 sc_obsolete_symbols:
        @prohibit='\<(HAVE''_FCNTL_H|O''_NDELAY)\>'                     \
        halt='do not use HAVE''_FCNTL_H or O'_NDELAY                    \
@@ -647,15 +750,10 @@ sc_require_test_exit_idiom:
              exit 1; } || :;                                           \
        fi
 
-sc_the_the:
-       @prohibit='\<the ''the\>'                                       \
-       ignore_case=1                                                   \
-       halt='found use of "the ''the";'                                \
-         $(_sc_search_regexp)
-
 sc_trailing_blank:
        @prohibit='[     ]$$'                                           \
        halt='found trailing blank(s)'                                  \
+       exclude='^Binary file .* matches$$'                             \
          $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
 # Match lines like the following, but where there is only one space
@@ -667,14 +765,17 @@ sc_two_space_separator_in_usage:
        halt='help2man requires at least two spaces between an option and its description'\
          $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
+# A regexp matching function names like "error" that may be used
+# to emit translatable messages.
+_gl_translatable_diag_func_re ?= error
+
 # Look for diagnostics that aren't marked for translation.
 # This won't find any for which error's format string is on a separate line.
 sc_unmarked_diagnostics:
-       @grep -nE                                                       \
-           '\<error *\([^"]*"[^"]*[a-z]{3}' $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT))      \
-         | grep -Ev '(_|ngettext ?)\(' &&                              \
-         { echo '$(ME): found unmarked diagnostic(s)' 1>&2;            \
-           exit 1; } || :
+       @prohibit='\<$(_gl_translatable_diag_func_re) *\([^"]*"[^"]*[a-z]{3}' \
+       exclude='(_|ngettext ?)\('                                      \
+       halt='found unmarked diagnostic(s)'                             \
+         $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
 # Avoid useless parentheses like those in this example:
 # #if defined (SYMBOL) || defined (SYM2)
@@ -688,7 +789,7 @@ sc_useless_cpp_parens:
 # #if HAVE_HEADER_H that you remove, be sure that your project explicitly
 # requires the gnulib module that guarantees the usability of that header.
 gl_assured_headers_ = \
-  cd $(gnulib_dir)/lib && echo *.in.h|sed 's/\.in\.h//g'
+  cd $(gnulib_dir)/lib && echo *.in.h|$(SED) 's/\.in\.h//g'
 
 # Convert the list of names to upper case, and replace each space with "|".
 az_ = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
@@ -707,6 +808,11 @@ sc_prohibit_always_true_header_tests:
        '  with the corresponding gnulib module, they are always true') \
          $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
+sc_prohibit_defined_have_decl_tests:
+       @prohibit='(#[   ]*ifn?def|\<defined)\>[         (]+HAVE_DECL_' \
+       halt='HAVE_DECL macros are always defined'                      \
+         $(_sc_search_regexp)
+
 # ==================================================================
 gl_other_headers_ ?= \
   intprops.h   \
@@ -715,10 +821,13 @@ gl_other_headers_ ?= \
 
 # Perl -lne code to extract "significant" cpp-defined symbols from a
 # gnulib header file, eliminating a few common false-positives.
+# The exempted names below are defined only conditionally in gnulib,
+# and hence sometimes must/may be defined in application code.
 gl_extract_significant_defines_ = \
   /^\# *define ([^_ (][^ (]*)(\s*\(|\s+\w+)/\
     && $$2 !~ /(?:rpl_|_used_without_)/\
-    && $$1 !~ /^(?:NSIG|ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN)$$/\
+    && $$1 !~ /^(?:NSIG|ENODATA)$$/\
+    && $$1 !~ /^(?:SA_RESETHAND|SA_RESTART)$$/\
     and print $$1
 
 # Create a list of regular expressions matching the names
@@ -727,11 +836,11 @@ define def_sym_regex
        gen_h=$(gl_generated_headers_);                                 \
        (cd $(gnulib_dir)/lib;                                          \
          for f in *.in.h $(gl_other_headers_); do                      \
-           perl -lne '$(gl_extract_significant_defines_)' $$f;         \
+           test -f $$f                                                 \
+             && perl -lne '$(gl_extract_significant_defines_)' $$f;    \
          done;                                                         \
        ) | sort -u                                                     \
-         | grep -Ev '^ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN'                              \
-         | sed 's/^/^ *# *(define|undef)  */;s/$$/\\>/'
+         | $(SED) 's/^/^ *# *(define|undef)  */;s/$$/\\>/'
 endef
 
 # Don't define macros that we already get from gnulib header files.
@@ -796,7 +905,7 @@ sc_prohibit_cvs_keyword:
 #
 # This is a perl script that is expected to be the single-quoted argument
 # to a command-line "-le".  The remaining arguments are file names.
-# Print the name of each file that ends in exactly one newline byte.
+# Print the name of each file that does not end in exactly one newline byte.
 # I.e., warn if there are blank lines (2 or more newlines), or if the
 # last byte is not a newline.  However, currently we don't complain
 # about any file that contains exactly one byte.
@@ -841,16 +950,21 @@ sc_prohibit_S_IS_definition:
        halt='do not define S_IS* macros; include <sys/stat.h>'         \
          $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
-prohibit_doubled_word_RE_ ?= \
-  /\b(then?|[iao]n|i[fst]|but|f?or|at|and|[dt]o)\s+\1\b/gims
-prohibit_doubled_word_ =                                               \
-    -e 'while ($(prohibit_doubled_word_RE_))'                          \
+# Perl block to convert a match to FILE_NAME:LINENO:TEST,
+# that is shared by two definitions below.
+perl_filename_lineno_text_ =                                           \
     -e '  {'                                                           \
     -e '    $$n = ($$` =~ tr/\n/\n/ + 1);'                             \
     -e '    ($$v = $$&) =~ s/\n/\\n/g;'                                        \
     -e '    print "$$ARGV:$$n:$$v\n";'                                 \
     -e '  }'
 
+prohibit_doubled_word_RE_ ?= \
+  /\b(then?|[iao]n|i[fst]|but|f?or|at|and|[dt]o)\s+\1\b/gims
+prohibit_doubled_word_ =                                               \
+    -e 'while ($(prohibit_doubled_word_RE_))'                          \
+    $(perl_filename_lineno_text_)
+
 # Define this to a regular expression that matches
 # any filename:dd:match lines you want to ignore.
 # The default is to ignore no matches.
@@ -861,10 +975,31 @@ sc_prohibit_doubled_word:
          | grep -vE '$(ignore_doubled_word_match_RE_)'                 \
          | grep . && { echo '$(ME): doubled words' 1>&2; exit 1; } || :
 
-sc_prohibit_can_not:
-       @prohibit='\<can[ ]not\>'                                       \
-       halt='use "cannot", not "can'' not"'                            \
-         $(_sc_search_regexp)
+# A regular expression matching undesirable combinations of words like
+# "can not"; this matches them even when the two words appear on different
+# lines, but not when there is an intervening delimiter like "#" or "*".
+# Similarly undesirable, "See @xref{...}", since an @xref should start
+# a sentence.  Explicitly prohibit any prefix of "see" or "also".
+# Also prohibit a prefix matching "\w+ +".
+# @pxref gets the same see/also treatment and should be parenthesized;
+# presume it must *not* start a sentence.
+bad_xref_re_ ?= (?:[\w,:;] +|(?:see|also)\s+)\@xref\{
+bad_pxref_re_ ?= (?:[.!?]|(?:see|also))\s+\@pxref\{
+prohibit_undesirable_word_seq_RE_ ?=                                   \
+  /(?:\bcan\s+not\b|$(bad_xref_re_)|$(bad_pxref_re_))/gims
+prohibit_undesirable_word_seq_ =                                       \
+    -e 'while ($(prohibit_undesirable_word_seq_RE_))'                  \
+    $(perl_filename_lineno_text_)
+# Define this to a regular expression that matches
+# any filename:dd:match lines you want to ignore.
+# The default is to ignore no matches.
+ignore_undesirable_word_sequence_RE_ ?= ^$$
+
+sc_prohibit_undesirable_word_seq:
+       @perl -n -0777 $(prohibit_undesirable_word_seq_)                \
+            $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT))                                      \
+         | grep -vE '$(ignore_undesirable_word_sequence_RE_)' | grep . \
+         && { echo '$(ME): undesirable word sequence' >&2; exit 1; } || :
 
 _ptm1 = use "test C1 && test C2", not "test C1 -''a C2"
 _ptm2 = use "test C1 || test C2", not "test C1 -''o C2"
@@ -913,18 +1048,18 @@ sc_redundant_const:
          $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
 sc_const_long_option:
-       @grep '^ *static.*struct option ' $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT))         \
-         | grep -Ev 'const struct option|struct option const' && {     \
-             echo 1>&2 '$(ME): add "const" to the above declarations'; \
-             exit 1; } || :
+       @prohibit='^ *static.*struct option '                           \
+       exclude='const struct option|struct option const'               \
+       halt='add "const" to the above declarations'                    \
+         $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
 NEWS_hash =                                                            \
-  $$(sed -n '/^\*.* $(PREV_VERSION_REGEXP) ([0-9-]*)/,$$p'             \
+  $$($(SED) -n '/^\*.* $(PREV_VERSION_REGEXP) ([0-9-]*)/,$$p'          \
        $(srcdir)/NEWS                                                  \
      | perl -0777 -pe                                                  \
        's/^Copyright.+?Free\sSoftware\sFoundation,\sInc\.\n//ms'       \
      | md5sum -                                                                \
-     | sed 's/ .*//')
+     | $(SED) 's/ .*//')
 
 # Ensure that we don't accidentally insert an entry into an old NEWS block.
 sc_immutable_NEWS:
@@ -954,15 +1089,15 @@ update-NEWS-hash: NEWS
 # setting this to ' && !/PRAGMA_SYSTEM_HEADER/'.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions ?=
 sc_makefile_at_at_check:
-       @perl -ne '/\@[A-Z_0-9]+\@/'                                    \
-          -e ' && !/([A-Z_0-9]+)\s+=.*\@\1\@$$/'                       \
+       @perl -ne '/\@\w+\@/'                                           \
+          -e ' && !/(\w+)\s+=.*\@\1\@$$/'                              \
           -e ''$(_makefile_at_at_check_exceptions)                     \
          -e 'and (print "$$ARGV:$$.: $$_"), $$m=1; END {exit !$$m}'    \
            $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT) | grep -E '(^|/)(Makefile\.am|[^/]+\.mk)$$') \
          && { echo '$(ME): use $$(...), not @...@' 1>&2; exit 1; } || :
 
 news-check: NEWS
-       if sed -n $(news-check-lines-spec)p $(srcdir)/NEWS              \
+       $(AM_V_GEN)if $(SED) -n $(news-check-lines-spec)p $<            \
            | grep -E $(news-check-regexp) >/dev/null; then             \
          :;                                                            \
        else                                                            \
@@ -986,14 +1121,17 @@ fix_po_file_diag = \
 'you have changed the set of files with translatable diagnostics;\n\
 apply the above patch\n'
 
-# Verify that all source files using _() are listed in po/POTFILES.in.
+# Verify that all source files using _() (more specifically, files that
+# match $(_gl_translatable_string_re)) are listed in po/POTFILES.in.
 po_file ?= $(srcdir)/po/POTFILES.in
+generated_files ?= $(srcdir)/lib/*.[ch]
+_gl_translatable_string_re ?= \b(N?_|gettext *)\([^)"]*("|$$)
 sc_po_check:
        @if test -f $(po_file); then                                    \
          grep -E -v '^(#|$$)' $(po_file)                               \
            | grep -v '^src/false\.c$$' | sort > $@-1;                  \
          files=;                                                       \
-         for file in $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT)) $(srcdir)/lib/*.[ch]; do    \
+         for file in $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT)) $(generated_files); do      \
            test -r $$file || continue;                                 \
            case $$file in                                              \
              *.m4|*.mk) continue ;;                                    \
@@ -1007,8 +1145,8 @@ sc_po_check:
            esac;                                                       \
            files="$$files $$file";                                     \
          done;                                                         \
-         grep -E -l '\b(N?_|gettext *)\([^)"]*("|$$)' $$files          \
-           | sed 's|^$(_dot_escaped_srcdir)/||' | sort -u > $@-2;      \
+         grep -E -l '$(_gl_translatable_string_re)' $$files            \
+           | $(SED) 's|^$(_dot_escaped_srcdir)/||' | sort -u > $@-2;   \
          diff -u -L $(po_file) -L $(po_file) $@-1 $@-2                 \
            || { printf '$(ME): '$(fix_po_file_diag) 1>&2; exit 1; };   \
          rm -f $@-1 $@-2;                                              \
@@ -1016,24 +1154,28 @@ sc_po_check:
 
 # Sometimes it is useful to change the PATH environment variable
 # in Makefiles.  When doing so, it's better not to use the Unix-centric
-# path separator of `:', but rather the automake-provided `$(PATH_SEPARATOR)'.
-msg = '$(ME): Do not use `:'\'' above; use $$(PATH_SEPARATOR) instead'
+# path separator of ':', but rather the automake-provided '$(PATH_SEPARATOR)'.
+msg = 'Do not use ":" above; use $$(PATH_SEPARATOR) instead'
 sc_makefile_path_separator_check:
        @prohibit='PATH[=].*:'                                          \
        in_vc_files='akefile|\.mk$$'                                    \
        halt=$(msg)                                                     \
          $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
-# Check that `make alpha' will not fail at the end of the process.
+# Check that 'make alpha' will not fail at the end of the process,
+# i.e., when pkg-M.N.tar.xz already exists (either in "." or in ../release)
+# and is read-only.
 writable-files:
-       if test -d $(release_archive_dir); then :; else                 \
-         for file in $(distdir).tar.gz                                 \
-                     $(release_archive_dir)/$(distdir).tar.gz; do      \
-           test -e $$file || continue;                                 \
-           test -w $$file                                              \
-             || { echo ERROR: $$file is not writable; fail=1; };       \
+       $(AM_V_GEN)if test -d $(release_archive_dir); then              \
+         for file in $(DIST_ARCHIVES); do                              \
+           for p in ./ $(release_archive_dir)/; do                     \
+             test -e $$p$$file || continue;                            \
+             test -w $$p$$file                                         \
+               || { echo ERROR: $$p$$file is not writable; fail=1; };  \
+           done;                                                       \
          done;                                                         \
          test "$$fail" && exit 1 || : ;                                \
+       else :;                                                         \
        fi
 
 v_etc_file = $(gnulib_dir)/lib/version-etc.c
@@ -1064,6 +1206,7 @@ sc_copyright_check:
 # the other init.sh-using tests also get it right.
 _hv_file ?= $(srcdir)/tests/help-version
 _hv_regex_weak ?= ^ *\. .*/init\.sh"
+# Fix syntax-highlighters "
 _hv_regex_strong ?= ^ *\. "\$${srcdir=\.}/init\.sh"
 sc_cross_check_PATH_usage_in_tests:
        @if test -f $(_hv_file); then                                   \
@@ -1081,6 +1224,16 @@ sc_cross_check_PATH_usage_in_tests:
                1>&2; exit 1; } || :;                                   \
        fi
 
+# BRE regex of file contents to identify a test script.
+_test_script_regex ?= \<init\.sh\>
+
+# In tests, use "compare expected actual", not the reverse.
+sc_prohibit_reversed_compare_failure:
+       @prohibit='\<compare [^ ]+ ([^ ]*exp|/dev/null)'                \
+       containing='$(_test_script_regex)'                              \
+       halt='reversed compare arguments'                               \
+         $(_sc_search_regexp)
+
 # #if HAVE_... will evaluate to false for any non numeric string.
 # That would be flagged by using -Wundef, however gnulib currently
 # tests many undefined macros, and so we can't enable that option.
@@ -1091,18 +1244,35 @@ sc_Wundef_boolean:
        halt='Use 0 or 1 for macro values'                              \
          $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
+# Even if you use pathmax.h to guarantee that PATH_MAX is defined, it might
+# not be constant, or might overflow a stack.  In general, use PATH_MAX as
+# a limit, not an array or alloca size.
+sc_prohibit_path_max_allocation:
+       @prohibit='(\balloca *\([^)]*|\[[^]]*)\bPATH_MAX'               \
+       halt='Avoid stack allocations of size PATH_MAX'                 \
+         $(_sc_search_regexp)
+
 sc_vulnerable_makefile_CVE-2009-4029:
        @prohibit='perm -777 -exec chmod a\+rwx|chmod 777 \$$\(distdir\)' \
-       in_files=$$(find $(srcdir) -name Makefile.in)                   \
+       in_files='(^|/)Makefile\.in$$'                                  \
        halt=$$(printf '%s\n'                                           \
          'the above files are vulnerable; beware of running'           \
          '  "make dist*" rules, and upgrade to fixed automake'         \
          '  see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/542609 for details')        \
          $(_sc_search_regexp)
 
+sc_vulnerable_makefile_CVE-2012-3386:
+       @prohibit='chmod a\+w \$$\(distdir\)'                           \
+       in_files='(^|/)Makefile\.in$$'                                  \
+       halt=$$(printf '%s\n'                                           \
+         'the above files are vulnerable; beware of running'           \
+         '  "make distcheck", and upgrade to fixed automake'           \
+         '  see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/CVE-2012-3386 for details') \
+         $(_sc_search_regexp)
+
 vc-diff-check:
-       (unset CDPATH; cd $(srcdir) && $(VC) diff) > vc-diffs || :
-       if test -s vc-diffs; then                               \
+       $(AM_V_GEN)(unset CDPATH; cd $(srcdir) && $(VC) diff) > vc-diffs || :
+       $(AM_V_at)if test -s vc-diffs; then                     \
          cat vc-diffs;                                         \
          echo "Some files are locally modified:" 1>&2;         \
          exit 1;                                               \
@@ -1113,37 +1283,62 @@ vc-diff-check:
 rel-files = $(DIST_ARCHIVES)
 
 gnulib_dir ?= $(srcdir)/gnulib
-gnulib-version = $$(cd $(gnulib_dir) && git describe)
+gnulib-version = $$(cd $(gnulib_dir)                           \
+                    && { git describe || git rev-parse --short=10 HEAD; } )
 bootstrap-tools ?= autoconf,automake,gnulib
 
+gpgv = $$(gpgv2 --version >/dev/null && echo gpgv2 || echo gpgv)
 # If it's not already specified, derive the GPG key ID from
 # the signed tag we've just applied to mark this release.
-gpg_key_ID ?= \
-  $$(git cat-file tag v$(VERSION) > .ann-sig \
-     && gpgv .ann-sig - < /dev/null 2>&1 \
-         | sed -n '/.*key ID \([0-9A-F]*\)/s//\1/p'; rm -f .ann-sig)
+gpg_key_ID ?=                                                          \
+  $$(cd $(srcdir)                                                      \
+     && git cat-file tag v$(VERSION)                                   \
+        | $(gpgv) --status-fd 1 --keyring /dev/null - - 2>/dev/null    \
+        | awk '/^\[GNUPG:\] ERRSIG / {print $$3; exit}')
 
 translation_project_ ?= coordinator@translationproject.org
-announcement_Cc_ ?= $(translation_project_), $(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT)
-announcement_mail_headers_ ?=                                          \
-To: info-gnu@gnu.org                                                   \
-Cc: $(announcement_Cc_)                                                        \
-Mail-Followup-To: $(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT)
 
+# Make info-gnu the default only for a stable release.
+announcement_Cc_stable = $(translation_project_), $(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT)
+announcement_mail_headers_stable =             \
+  To: info-gnu@gnu.org                         \
+  Cc: $(announcement_Cc_)                      \
+  Mail-Followup-To: $(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT)
+
+announcement_Cc_alpha = $(translation_project_)
+announcement_mail_headers_alpha =              \
+  To: $(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT)                     \
+  Cc: $(announcement_Cc_)
+
+announcement_mail_Cc_beta = $(announcement_mail_Cc_alpha)
+announcement_mail_headers_beta = $(announcement_mail_headers_alpha)
+
+announcement_mail_Cc_ ?= $(announcement_mail_Cc_$(release-type))
+announcement_mail_headers_ ?= $(announcement_mail_headers_$(release-type))
 announcement: NEWS ChangeLog $(rel-files)
-       @$(build_aux)/announce-gen                                      \
+# Not $(AM_V_GEN) since the output of this command serves as
+# announcement message: it would start with " GEN announcement".
+       $(AM_V_at)$(srcdir)/$(_build-aux)/announce-gen                  \
            --mail-headers='$(announcement_mail_headers_)'              \
-           --release-type=$(RELEASE_TYPE)                              \
+           --release-type=$(release-type)                              \
            --package=$(PACKAGE)                                        \
            --prev=$(PREV_VERSION)                                      \
            --curr=$(VERSION)                                           \
            --gpg-key-id=$(gpg_key_ID)                                  \
+           --srcdir=$(srcdir)                                          \
            --news=$(srcdir)/NEWS                                       \
            --bootstrap-tools=$(bootstrap-tools)                        \
-           --gnulib-version=$(gnulib-version)                          \
+           $$(case ,$(bootstrap-tools), in (*,gnulib,*)                \
+              echo --gnulib-version=$(gnulib-version);; esac)          \
            --no-print-checksums                                        \
            $(addprefix --url-dir=, $(url_dir_list))
 
+.PHONY: release-commit
+release-commit:
+       $(AM_V_GEN)cd $(srcdir)                         \
+         && $(_build-aux)/do-release-commit-and-tag    \
+              -C $(abs_builddir) $(RELEASE)
+
 ## ---------------- ##
 ## Updating files.  ##
 ## ---------------- ##
@@ -1152,26 +1347,33 @@ ftp-gnu = ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu
 www-gnu = http://www.gnu.org
 
 upload_dest_dir_ ?= $(PACKAGE)
+upload_command =                                               \
+  $(srcdir)/$(_build-aux)/gnupload $(GNUPLOADFLAGS)            \
+  --to $(gnu_rel_host):$(upload_dest_dir_)                     \
+  $(rel-files)
 emit_upload_commands:
        @echo =====================================
        @echo =====================================
-       @echo "$(build_aux)/gnupload $(GNUPLOADFLAGS) \\"
-       @echo "    --to $(gnu_rel_host):$(upload_dest_dir_) \\"
-       @echo "  $(rel-files)"
+       @echo '$(upload_command)'
        @echo '# send the ~/announce-$(my_distdir) e-mail'
        @echo =====================================
        @echo =====================================
 
+.PHONY: upload
+upload:
+       $(AM_V_GEN)$(upload_command)
+
 define emit-commit-log
-  printf '%s\n' 'post-release administrivia' '' \
-    '* NEWS: Add header line for next release.' \
-    '* .prev-version: Record previous version.' \
+  printf '%s\n' 'maint: post-release administrivia' ''                 \
+    '* NEWS: Add header line for next release.'                                \
+    '* .prev-version: Record previous version.'                                \
     '* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.'
 endef
 
 .PHONY: no-submodule-changes
 no-submodule-changes:
-       if test -d $(srcdir)/.git; then                                 \
+       $(AM_V_GEN)if test -d $(srcdir)/.git                            \
+               && git --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then                  \
          diff=$$(cd $(srcdir) && git submodule -q foreach              \
                  git diff-index --name-only HEAD)                      \
            || exit 1;                                                  \
@@ -1189,10 +1391,12 @@ submodule-checks ?= no-submodule-changes public-submodule-commit
 # cannot be built from a fresh clone.
 .PHONY: public-submodule-commit
 public-submodule-commit:
-       $(AM_V_GEN)if test -d $(srcdir)/.git; then                      \
+       $(AM_V_GEN)if test -d $(srcdir)/.git                            \
+               && git --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then                  \
          cd $(srcdir) &&                                               \
-         git submodule --quiet foreach test '$$(git rev-parse $$sha1)' \
-             = '$$(git merge-base origin $$sha1)'                      \
+         git submodule --quiet foreach                                 \
+             'test "$$(git rev-parse "$$sha1")"                        \
+                 = "$$(git merge-base origin "$$sha1")"'               \
            || { echo '$(ME): found non-public submodule commit' >&2;   \
                 exit 1; };                                             \
        else                                                            \
@@ -1207,19 +1411,23 @@ public-submodule-commit:
 gl_public_submodule_commit ?= public-submodule-commit
 check: $(gl_public_submodule_commit)
 
-.PHONY: alpha beta stable
+.PHONY: alpha beta stable release
 ALL_RECURSIVE_TARGETS += alpha beta stable
 alpha beta stable: $(local-check) writable-files $(submodule-checks)
-       test $@ = stable                                                \
+       $(AM_V_GEN)test $@ = stable                                     \
          && { echo $(VERSION) | grep -E '^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+$$'         \
               || { echo "invalid version string: $(VERSION)" 1>&2; exit 1;};}\
          || :
-       $(MAKE) vc-diff-check
-       $(MAKE) news-check
-       $(MAKE) distcheck
-       $(MAKE) dist XZ_OPT=-9ev
-       $(MAKE) $(release-prep-hook) RELEASE_TYPE=$@
-       $(MAKE) -s emit_upload_commands RELEASE_TYPE=$@
+       $(AM_V_at)$(MAKE) vc-diff-check
+       $(AM_V_at)$(MAKE) news-check
+       $(AM_V_at)$(MAKE) distcheck
+       $(AM_V_at)$(MAKE) dist
+       $(AM_V_at)$(MAKE) $(release-prep-hook) RELEASE_TYPE=$@
+       $(AM_V_at)$(MAKE) -s emit_upload_commands RELEASE_TYPE=$@
+
+release:
+       $(AM_V_GEN)$(MAKE) _version
+       $(AM_V_GEN)$(MAKE) $(release-type)
 
 # Override this in cfg.mk if you follow different procedures.
 release-prep-hook ?= release-prep
@@ -1227,19 +1435,19 @@ release-prep-hook ?= release-prep
 gl_noteworthy_news_ = * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
 .PHONY: release-prep
 release-prep:
-       case $$RELEASE_TYPE in alpha|beta|stable) ;; \
-         *) echo "invalid RELEASE_TYPE: $$RELEASE_TYPE" 1>&2; exit 1;; esac
-       $(MAKE) -s announcement > ~/announce-$(my_distdir)
-       if test -d $(release_archive_dir); then                 \
+       $(AM_V_GEN)$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -s announcement \
+         > ~/announce-$(my_distdir)
+       $(AM_V_at)if test -d $(release_archive_dir); then       \
          ln $(rel-files) $(release_archive_dir);               \
          chmod a-w $(rel-files);                               \
        fi
-       echo $(VERSION) > $(prev_version_file)
-       $(MAKE) update-NEWS-hash
-       perl -pi -e '$$. == 3 and print "$(gl_noteworthy_news_)\n\n\n"' NEWS
-       $(emit-commit-log) > .ci-msg
-       $(VC) commit -F .ci-msg -a
-       rm .ci-msg
+       $(AM_V_at)echo $(VERSION) > $(prev_version_file)
+       $(AM_V_at)$(MAKE) update-NEWS-hash
+       $(AM_V_at)perl -pi                                              \
+         -e '$$. == 3 and print "$(gl_noteworthy_news_)\n\n\n"'        \
+         $(srcdir)/NEWS
+       $(AM_V_at)msg=$$($(emit-commit-log)) || exit 1;         \
+       cd $(srcdir) && $(VC) commit -m "$$msg" -a
 
 # Override this with e.g., -s $(srcdir)/some_other_name.texi
 # if the default $(PACKAGE)-derived name doesn't apply.
@@ -1247,14 +1455,20 @@ gendocs_options_ ?=
 
 .PHONY: web-manual
 web-manual:
-       @test -z "$(manual_title)" \
+       $(AM_V_GEN)test -z "$(manual_title)" \
          && { echo define manual_title in cfg.mk 1>&2; exit 1; } || :
-       @cd '$(srcdir)/doc'; \
-         $(SHELL) ../build-aux/gendocs.sh $(gendocs_options_) \
+       $(AM_V_at)cd '$(srcdir)/doc'; \
+         $(SHELL) ../$(_build-aux)/gendocs.sh $(gendocs_options_) \
             -o '$(abs_builddir)/doc/manual' \
             --email $(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT) $(PACKAGE) \
            "$(PACKAGE_NAME) - $(manual_title)"
-       @echo " *** Upload the doc/manual directory to web-cvs."
+       $(AM_V_at)echo " *** Upload the doc/manual directory to web-cvs."
+
+.PHONY: web-manual-update
+web-manual-update:
+       $(AM_V_GEN)cd $(srcdir) \
+         && $(_build-aux)/gnu-web-doc-update -C $(abs_builddir)
+
 
 # Code Coverage
 
@@ -1280,6 +1494,31 @@ gen-coverage:
 
 coverage: init-coverage build-coverage gen-coverage
 
+# Some projects carry local adjustments for gnulib modules via patches in
+# a gnulib patch directory whose default name is gl/ (defined in bootstrap
+# via local_gl_dir=gl).  Those patches become stale as the originals evolve
+# in gnulib.  Use this rule to refresh any stale patches.  It applies each
+# patch to the original in $(gnulib_dir) and uses the temporary result to
+# generate a fuzz-free .diff file.  If you customize the name of your local
+# gnulib patch directory via bootstrap.conf, this rule detects that name.
+# Run this from a non-VPATH (i.e., srcdir) build directory.
+.PHONY: refresh-gnulib-patches
+refresh-gnulib-patches:
+       gl=gl;                                                          \
+       if test -f bootstrap.conf; then                                 \
+         t=$$(perl -lne '/^\s*local_gl_dir=(\S+)/ and $$d=$$1;'        \
+              -e 'END{defined $$d and print $$d}' bootstrap.conf);     \
+         test -n "$$t" && gl=$$t;                                      \
+       fi;                                                             \
+       for diff in $$(cd $$gl; git ls-files | grep '\.diff$$'); do     \
+         b=$$(printf %s "$$diff"|$(SED) 's/\.diff$$//');               \
+         VERSION_CONTROL=none                                          \
+           patch "$(gnulib_dir)/$$b" "$$gl/$$diff" || exit 1;          \
+         ( cd $(gnulib_dir) || exit 1;                                 \
+           git diff "$$b" > "../$$gl/$$diff";                          \
+           git checkout $$b ) || exit 1;                               \
+       done
+
 # Update gettext files.
 PACKAGE ?= $(shell basename $(PWD))
 PO_DOMAIN ?= $(PACKAGE)
@@ -1291,7 +1530,8 @@ refresh-po:
        wget --no-verbose --directory-prefix $(PODIR) --no-directories --recursive --level 1 --accept .po --accept .po.1 $(POURL) && \
        echo 'en@boldquot' > $(PODIR)/LINGUAS && \
        echo 'en@quot' >> $(PODIR)/LINGUAS && \
-       ls $(PODIR)/*.po | sed 's/\.po//' | sed 's,$(PODIR)/,,' | sort >> $(PODIR)/LINGUAS
+       ls $(PODIR)/*.po | $(SED) 's/\.po//;s,$(PODIR)/,,' | \
+         sort >> $(PODIR)/LINGUAS
 
  # Running indent once is not idempotent, but running it twice is.
 INDENT_SOURCES ?= $(C_SOURCES)
@@ -1313,6 +1553,108 @@ update-copyright-env ?=
 # in the file .x-update-copyright.
 .PHONY: update-copyright
 update-copyright:
-       grep -l -w Copyright                                             \
+       $(AM_V_GEN)grep -l -w Copyright                                  \
          $$(export VC_LIST_EXCEPT_DEFAULT=COPYING && $(VC_LIST_EXCEPT)) \
-         | $(update-copyright-env) xargs $(build_aux)/$@
+         | $(update-copyright-env) xargs $(srcdir)/$(_build-aux)/$@
+
+# This tight_scope test is skipped with a warning if $(_gl_TS_headers) is not
+# overridden and $(_gl_TS_dir)/Makefile.am does not mention noinst_HEADERS.
+
+# NOTE: to override any _gl_TS_* default value, you must
+# define the variable(s) using "export" in cfg.mk.
+_gl_TS_dir ?= src
+
+ALL_RECURSIVE_TARGETS += sc_tight_scope
+sc_tight_scope: tight-scope.mk
+       @fail=0;                                                        \
+       if ! grep '^ *export _gl_TS_headers *=' $(srcdir)/cfg.mk        \
+               > /dev/null                                             \
+          && ! grep -w noinst_HEADERS $(srcdir)/$(_gl_TS_dir)/Makefile.am \
+               > /dev/null 2>&1; then                                  \
+           echo '$(ME): skipping $@';                                  \
+       else                                                            \
+           $(MAKE) -s -C $(_gl_TS_dir)                                 \
+               -f Makefile                                             \
+               -f $(abs_top_srcdir)/cfg.mk                             \
+               -f $(abs_top_builddir)/$<                               \
+             _gl_tight_scope                                           \
+               || fail=1;                                              \
+       fi;                                                             \
+       rm -f $<;                                                       \
+       exit $$fail
+
+tight-scope.mk: $(ME)
+       @rm -f $@ $@-t
+       @perl -ne '/^# TS-start/.../^# TS-end/ and print' $(srcdir)/$(ME) > $@-t
+       @chmod a=r $@-t && mv $@-t $@
+
+ifeq (a,b)
+# TS-start
+
+# Most functions should have static scope.
+# Any that don't must be marked with 'extern', but 'main'
+# and 'usage' are exceptions: they're always extern, but
+# do not need to be marked.  Symbols matching '__.*' are
+# reserved by the compiler, so are automatically excluded below.
+_gl_TS_unmarked_extern_functions ?= main usage
+_gl_TS_function_match ?= /^(?:$(_gl_TS_extern)) +.*?(\S+) *\(/
+
+# If your project uses a macro like "XTERN", then put
+# the following in cfg.mk to override this default:
+# export _gl_TS_extern = extern|XTERN
+_gl_TS_extern ?= extern
+
+# The second nm|grep checks for file-scope variables with 'extern' scope.
+# Without gnulib's progname module, you might put program_name here.
+# Symbols matching '__.*' are reserved by the compiler,
+# so are automatically excluded below.
+_gl_TS_unmarked_extern_vars ?=
+
+# NOTE: the _match variables are perl expressions -- not mere regular
+# expressions -- so that you can extend them to match other patterns
+# and easily extract matched variable names.
+# For example, if your project declares some global variables via
+# a macro like this: GLOBAL(type, var_name, initializer), then you
+# can override this definition to automatically extract those names:
+# export _gl_TS_var_match = \
+#   /^(?:$(_gl_TS_extern)) .*?\**(\w+)(\[.*?\])?;/ || /\bGLOBAL\(.*?,\s*(.*?),/
+_gl_TS_var_match ?= /^(?:$(_gl_TS_extern)) .*?(\w+)(\[.*?\])?;/
+
+# The names of object files in (or relative to) $(_gl_TS_dir).
+_gl_TS_obj_files ?= *.$(OBJEXT)
+
+# Files in which to search for the one-line style extern declarations.
+# $(_gl_TS_dir)-relative.
+_gl_TS_headers ?= $(noinst_HEADERS)
+_gl_TS_other_headers ?= *.h
+
+.PHONY: _gl_tight_scope
+_gl_tight_scope: $(bin_PROGRAMS)
+       t=exceptions-$$$$;                                              \
+       trap 's=$$?; rm -f $$t; exit $$s' 0;                            \
+       for sig in 1 2 3 13 15; do                                      \
+         eval "trap 'v=`expr $$sig + 128`; (exit $$v); exit $$v' $$sig"; \
+       done;                                                           \
+       src=`for f in $(SOURCES); do                                    \
+              test -f $$f && d= || d=$(srcdir)/; echo $$d$$f; done`;   \
+       hdr=`for f in $(_gl_TS_headers); do                             \
+              test -f $$f && d= || d=$(srcdir)/; echo $$d$$f; done`;   \
+       ( printf '^%s$$\n' '__.*' $(_gl_TS_unmarked_extern_functions);  \
+         grep -h -A1 '^extern .*[^;]$$' $$src                          \
+           | grep -vE '^(extern |--)' | $(SED) 's/ .*//';              \
+         perl -lne                                                     \
+            '$(_gl_TS_function_match) and print "^$$1\$$"' $$hdr;      \
+       ) | sort -u > $$t;                                              \
+       nm -e $(_gl_TS_obj_files)|$(SED) -n 's/.* T //p'|grep -Ev -f $$t \
+         && { echo the above functions should have static scope >&2;   \
+              exit 1; } || : ;                                         \
+       ( printf '^%s$$\n' '__.*' $(_gl_TS_unmarked_extern_vars);       \
+         perl -lne '$(_gl_TS_var_match) and print "^$$1\$$"'           \
+               $$hdr $(_gl_TS_other_headers)                           \
+       ) | sort -u > $$t;                                              \
+       nm -e $(_gl_TS_obj_files) | $(SED) -n 's/.* [BCDGRS] //p'       \
+            | sort -u | grep -Ev -f $$t                                        \
+         && { echo the above variables should have static scope >&2;   \
+              exit 1; } || :
+# TS-end
+endif