[FYI] {master} maintcheck: fix few spurious failures

[Stefano Lattarini]

* syntax-checks.mk: Fix some spurious failures by tightening and/or
tweaking few checks so that some false positives end up whitelisted.
---
 syntax-checks.mk |    9 ++++++---
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/syntax-checks.mk b/syntax-checks.mk
index 7ec980a..d9d0c4d 100644
--- a/syntax-checks.mk
+++ b/syntax-checks.mk
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ sc_no_brace_variable_expansions:
 ## Make sure 'rm' is called with '-f'.
 sc_rm_minus_f:
        @if grep -v '^#' $(ams) $(xtests) \
+          | grep -v '/spy-rm\.tap:' \
           | grep -E '\<rm ([^-]|\-[^f ]*\>)'; \
        then \
          echo "Suspicious 'rm' invocation." 1>&2; \
@@ -282,8 +283,10 @@ sc_AMDEP_TRUE_in_automake_in:
 ## Recursive make invocations should always pass $(AM_MAKEFLAGS)
 ## to $(MAKE), for portability to non-GNU make.
 sc_tests_make_without_am_makeflags:
-       @if grep '^[^#].*(MAKE) ' $(ams) $(srcdir)/automake.in | \
-               grep -v 'AM_MAKEFLAGS'; then \
+       @if grep '^[^#].*(MAKE) ' $(ams) $(srcdir)/automake.in \
+           | grep -v 'AM_MAKEFLAGS' \
+           | grep -v '/am/header-vars\.am:.*am--echo.*| $$(MAKE) -f *-'; \
+       then \
          echo 'Use $$(MAKE) $$(AM_MAKEFLAGS).' 1>&2; \
          exit 1; \
        fi
@@ -365,7 +368,7 @@ sc_tests_plain_autom4te:
 ## Tests should only use END and EOF for here documents
 ## (so that the next test is effective).
 sc_tests_here_document_format:
-       @if grep '<<' $(xtests) | grep -v 'END' | grep -v 'EOF'; then \
+       @if grep '<<' $(xtests) | grep -Ev '\b(END|EOF)\b|\bstd::cout <<'; then 
\
          echo 'Use here documents with "END" and "EOF" only, for 
greppability.' 1>&2; \
          exit 1; \
        fi
-- 
1.7.9