[cairo] Why does 'make check' always fail

[Angel Tsankov]

Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
> Angel Tsankov wrote:
>> What might be the rason for 'make check' to fail with:
>>
>>     Be civil and replace it by Note please.
>>     FAIL: check-doc-syntax.sh
>>
>> even when check-doc-syntax.sh does not contain the string 'NOTE'
>
> Sounds like a weirdo version of GNU grep.  What kind of system is
> this?  And what does "grep --version" say?
>
This is a custom-built system with grep 2.5.1a.

--Angel