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

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 09:58:59AM +0000, Zhangbo (Oscar) wrote:
> 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.

You're not. The syntax-check rule is for developers to use before
merging code to git master. There's no reason to use it on released
versions

Regards,
Daniel
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