maint.mk: let packages tweak sc_po_check pattern

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diff --git a/top/maint.mk b/top/maint.mk
index e52deb4..de7a303 100644 (file)
--- a/top/maint.mk
+++ b/top/maint.mk
@@ -1121,9 +1121,11 @@ fix_po_file_diag = \
 'you have changed the set of files with translatable diagnostics;\n\
 apply the above patch\n'
 
-# Verify that all source files using _() are listed in po/POTFILES.in.
+# Verify that all source files using _() (more specifically, files that
+# contain the ERE translation-markers) are listed in po/POTFILES.in.
 po_file ?= $(srcdir)/po/POTFILES.in
 generated_files ?= $(srcdir)/lib/*.[ch]
+translation-markers ?= \b(N?_|gettext *)\([^)"]*("|$$)
 sc_po_check:
        @if test -f $(po_file); then                                    \
          grep -E -v '^(#|$$)' $(po_file)                               \
@@ -1143,7 +1145,7 @@ sc_po_check:
            esac;                                                       \
            files="$$files $$file";                                     \
          done;                                                         \
-         grep -E -l '\b(N?_|gettext *)\([^)"]*("|$$)' $$files          \
+         grep -E -l '$(translation-markers)' $$files                   \
            | sed 's|^$(_dot_escaped_srcdir)/||' | sort -u > $@-2;      \
          diff -u -L $(po_file) -L $(po_file) $@-1 $@-2                 \
            || { printf '$(ME): '$(fix_po_file_diag) 1>&2; exit 1; };   \