[libvirt] Can we make sc_copyright_check non-fatal?

[Cole Robinson]

On 10/08/2013 06:06 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 10/08/2013 03:57 PM, Cole Robinson wrote:
>> On 10/08/2013 05:48 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>>> On 10/08/2013 03:39 PM, Cole Robinson wrote:
>>>> The copyright date syntax check is a source of frustration for me:
>>>>
>>>> - It fails on old maint branches.
>>>
>>> In general, 'make syntax-check' is NOT guaranteed to work on maint
>>> branches, nor is it worth trying to make it work there.  If anything,
>>> the best thing to do would be figuring out how to patch 'make
>>> syntax-check' to be a complete no-op on maint branches and only operate
>>> on a (descendant of) the master branch, precisely because out-of-order
>>> backports to maint branches makes it practically impossible to guarantee
>>> that we can consistently meet whatever style future development on the
>>> master branch decides is now in vogue.
>>>
>>
>> Agreed on that for the most part. It can still be beneficial to run,
>> particularly after a hairy backport though, and it's frustrating to be blocked
>> on something like a copyright date. But you're right that we can never
>> guarantee it will continue to work.
> 
> You can always run 'make -k syntax-check' or even 'make sc_name_of_test'
> to keep going or limit the checking to the subset of tests you care about.
> 

Doh, I always forget about -k :/ Yes that's a reasonable workaround to all my
complaints.

Thanks,
Cole