# HG changeset patch
# User Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
# Date 1319550558 -7200
# Node ID 2f6844abf7fd80570d2158c4434e36dd4efaa4a9
# Parent  30a6c0b6ac8c4874f7dad5555fe53b5967411741
maint.mk: fix a bug in sc_prohibit_stddef_without_use

* top/maint.mk (sc_prohibit_stddef_without_use): Don't require / *\(/
after symbols like NULL, size_t, etc.
Reported by Alfred M. Szmidt.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2011-10-25  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
+	maint.mk: fix a bug in sc_prohibit_stddef_without_use
+	* top/maint.mk (sc_prohibit_stddef_without_use): Don't require / *\(/
+	after symbols like NULL, size_t, etc.
+	Reported by Alfred M. Szmidt.
+
 	maint.mk: exempt ENODATA from a syntax-check rule
 	* top/maint.mk (gl_extract_significant_defines_): Also exempt ENODATA
 	from the sc_prohibit_always-defined_macros syntax-check rule.
diff --git a/top/maint.mk b/top/maint.mk
--- a/top/maint.mk
+++ b/top/maint.mk
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@
 # Prohibit the inclusion of stddef.h without an actual use.
 sc_prohibit_stddef_without_use:
 	@h='stddef.h'							\
-	re='\<($(_stddef_syms_re)) *\('					\
+	re='\<($(_stddef_syms_re))\>'					\
 	  $(_sc_header_without_use)
 
 # Prohibit the inclusion of verify.h without an actual use.