[libvirt] how to make syntax-check on tar-tall released-version

Hi all: I downloaded libvirt v1.3.4 from http://libvirt.org/sources, and try to make syntax-check inside the code tree. But I encounted with many problems, first, I need to have file .gitignore and directory .git, and then have gnulib, many problems still comes out after that. I still have not fixed the problems until now. So what's the right way to make syntax-check on released-version libvirt project? Thanks in advance. Oscar.