(sc_root_tests): New rule.

(syntax-check-rules): Add it to the list.

Makefile.maint

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This Makefile fragment is shared between the coreutils,
 # CPPI, Bison, and Autoconf.
 
-## Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+## Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ##
 ## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ syntax-check-rules = \
   sc_file_system \
   sc_prohibit_atoi_atof \
   sc_prohibit_jm_in_m4 \
+  sc_root_tests \
   sc_space_tab \
   sc_sun_os_names \
   sc_system_h_headers \
@@ -179,6 +180,18 @@ sc_prohibit_jm_in_m4:
 	    { echo '$(ME): do not use jm_ in m4 macro names'		\
 	      1>&2; exit 1; } || :
 
+sc_root_tests:
+	@t1=sc-root.expected; t2=sc-root.actual;			\
+	grep -l '^PRIV_CHECK_ARG=require-root'				\
+	  $$($(CVS_LIST) tests) |sed s,tests,., |sort > $$t1;		\
+	sed -n 's,	cd \([^ ]*\) .*MAKE..check TESTS=\(.*\),./\1/\2,p' \
+	  $(srcdir)/tests/Makefile.am |sort > $$t2;			\
+	diff -u $$t1 $$t2 || diff=1;					\
+	rm -f $$t1 $$t2;						\
+	test "$$diff"							\
+	  && { echo 'tests/Makefile.am: missing check-root action'>&2;	\
+	       exit 1; } || :
+
 # Create a list of regular expressions matching the names
 # of files included from system.h.  Exclude a couple.
 .re-list: