[libvirt PATCH 1/9] syntax-check: do not enforce ChangeLog syntax

Our last conforming ChangeLog was removed from git in 2009 by: commit 27b175b9a254d5dc4bbc1d6f198f58b287e516a2 generate ChangeLog from git logs into distribution tarball Ten years later, it reappeared in: commit ce97c33a795dec053f1e85c65ecd924b8c6ec4ba maint: Stop generating ChangeLog from git which does not have a single line complying to this syntax check rule. At some point between the two commits VC_LIST_EXCEPT gained a default exception for ChangeLog and it did not seem to be overriden anywhere. Just remove the rule. Signed-off-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko(a)redhat.com&gt; --- build-aux/syntax-check.mk | 7 ------- 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/build-aux/syntax-check.mk b/build-aux/syntax-check.mk index 5886b82003..80420eada5 100644 --- a/build-aux/syntax-check.mk +++ b/build-aux/syntax-check.mk @@ -1616,13 +1616,6 @@ sc_prohibit_dirent_without_use: sc_prohibit_xfreopen_without_use: @h='xfreopen.h' re='\<xfreopen *\(' $(_sc_header_without_use) -# Each nonempty ChangeLog line must start with a year number, or a TAB. -sc_changelog: - @prohibit='^[^12 ]' \ - in_vc_files='^ChangeLog$$' \ - halt='found unexpected prefix in a ChangeLog' \ - $(_sc_search_regexp) - # Ensure that each .c file containing a "main" function also # calls bindtextdomain. sc_bindtextdomain: -- 2.24.1