diff --git a/ci/ci_lint.sh b/ci/ci_lint.sh
index 9b9dc6bf2..2efe3714d 100755
--- a/ci/ci_lint.sh
+++ b/ci/ci_lint.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -o errexit -o pipefail -o posix
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-# shellcheck source="ci/lib/ci.lib.sh"
+# shellcheck source=ci/lib/ci.lib.sh
 source "$(dirname "$0")/lib/ci.lib.sh"
 cd "$CI_TOPLEVEL_DIR"
 
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ function ci_finish_lint {
     ci_info "## END OF LINTING ##"
     if [[ $CI_LINT_COUNTER -eq 0 ]]
     then
-        ci_info "success!"
+        ci_info "## SUCCESS ##"
         return 0
     else
-        ci_warn "$CI_LINT_COUNTER failure(s)"
+        ci_info "linting failed"
         return 1
     fi
 }
@@ -61,14 +61,15 @@ function ci_lint_ci_scripts {
         return 0
     }
     ci_info "## LINTING: CI scripts ##"
-    local my_file
-    ci_spawn "$CI_SHELLCHECK" --version
-    for my_file in ci/*.sh
-    do
-        ci_spawn "$CI_SHELLCHECK" -x "$my_file" || {
-            CI_LINT_COUNTER=$((CI_LINT_COUNTER + 1))
-        }
-    done
+    {
+        local my_file
+        ci_spawn "$CI_SHELLCHECK" --version
+        find ./ci -maxdepth 1 -name "*.sh" |
+            while IFS="" read -r my_file
+            do
+                ci_spawn "$CI_SHELLCHECK" -x "$my_file"
+            done
+    } || CI_LINT_COUNTER=$((CI_LINT_COUNTER + 1))
 }
 
 function ci_lint_text_files {
@@ -77,7 +78,6 @@ function ci_lint_text_files {
         return 0
     }
     ci_info "## LINTING: text files ##"
-    local my_file
     ci_spawn "$CI_EDITORCONFIG_CHECKER" --version
     ci_spawn "$CI_EDITORCONFIG_CHECKER" || {
         CI_LINT_COUNTER=$((CI_LINT_COUNTER + 1))
@@ -90,14 +90,15 @@ function ci_lint_yaml_files {
         return 0
     }
     ci_info "## LINTING: YAML files ##"
-    local my_file
-    ci_spawn "$CI_YAMLLINT" --version
-    for my_file in .*.yml
-    do
-        ci_spawn "$CI_YAMLLINT" --strict "$my_file" || {
-            CI_LINT_COUNTER=$((CI_LINT_COUNTER + 1))
-        }
-    done
+    {
+        local my_file
+        ci_spawn "$CI_YAMLLINT" --version
+        find . \( -iname "*.yml" -o -iname "*.yaml" \) -not -path "./out/*" |
+            while IFS="" read -r my_file
+            do
+                ci_spawn "$CI_YAMLLINT" --strict "$my_file"
+            done
+    } || CI_LINT_COUNTER=$((CI_LINT_COUNTER + 1))
 }
 
 function ci_lint {
diff --git a/ci/ci_shellify.sh b/ci/ci_shellify.sh
index bf6dd7ce6..e6693af97 100755
--- a/ci/ci_shellify.sh
+++ b/ci/ci_shellify.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -o errexit -o pipefail -o posix
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-# shellcheck source="ci/lib/ci.lib.sh"
+# shellcheck source=ci/lib/ci.lib.sh
 source "$(dirname "$0")/lib/ci.lib.sh"
 cd "$CI_TOPLEVEL_DIR"
 
diff --git a/ci/ci_verify_cmake.sh b/ci/ci_verify_cmake.sh
index 0985d5f84..e3fd529dc 100755
--- a/ci/ci_verify_cmake.sh
+++ b/ci/ci_verify_cmake.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -o errexit -o pipefail -o posix
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-# shellcheck source="ci/lib/ci.lib.sh"
+# shellcheck source=ci/lib/ci.lib.sh
 source "$(dirname "$0")/lib/ci.lib.sh"
 cd "$CI_TOPLEVEL_DIR"
 
@@ -126,23 +126,23 @@ function ci_build {
     local all_cmake_build_flags=()
     local all_ctest_flags=()
     [[ $CI_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE ]] && {
-        all_cmake_vars+=(-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$CI_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE")
+        all_cmake_vars+=("-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$CI_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE")
     }
     [[ $CI_CC ]] && {
-        all_cmake_vars+=(-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="$CI_CC")
+        all_cmake_vars+=("-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$CI_CC")
     }
     [[ $CI_CC_FLAGS || $CI_SANITIZERS ]] && {
         [[ $CI_SANITIZERS ]] && CI_CC_FLAGS+="${CI_CC_FLAGS:+" "}-fsanitize=$CI_SANITIZERS"
-        all_cmake_vars+=(-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$CI_CC_FLAGS")
+        all_cmake_vars+=("-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=$CI_CC_FLAGS")
     }
     [[ $CI_AR ]] && {
-        all_cmake_vars+=(-DCMAKE_AR="$CI_AR")
+        all_cmake_vars+=("-DCMAKE_AR=$CI_AR")
     }
     [[ $CI_RANLIB ]] && {
-        all_cmake_vars+=(-DCMAKE_RANLIB="$CI_RANLIB")
+        all_cmake_vars+=("-DCMAKE_RANLIB=$CI_RANLIB")
     }
-    all_cmake_vars+=(-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="$CI_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE")
-    all_cmake_vars+=(-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON)
+    all_cmake_vars+=("-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$CI_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE")
+    all_cmake_vars+=("-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON")
     all_cmake_vars+=($CI_CMAKE_VARS)
     all_cmake_build_flags+=($CI_CMAKE_BUILD_FLAGS)
     all_ctest_flags+=($CI_CTEST_FLAGS)
diff --git a/ci/ci_verify_configure.sh b/ci/ci_verify_configure.sh
index 0a2bd807a..d73e80c26 100755
--- a/ci/ci_verify_configure.sh
+++ b/ci/ci_verify_configure.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -o errexit -o pipefail -o posix
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-# shellcheck source="ci/lib/ci.lib.sh"
+# shellcheck source=ci/lib/ci.lib.sh
 source "$(dirname "$0")/lib/ci.lib.sh"
 cd "$CI_TOPLEVEL_DIR"
 
diff --git a/ci/ci_verify_makefiles.sh b/ci/ci_verify_makefiles.sh
index a0db93879..5b9217ad2 100755
--- a/ci/ci_verify_makefiles.sh
+++ b/ci/ci_verify_makefiles.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -o errexit -o pipefail -o posix
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-# shellcheck source="ci/lib/ci.lib.sh"
+# shellcheck source=ci/lib/ci.lib.sh
 source "$(dirname "$0")/lib/ci.lib.sh"
 cd "$CI_TOPLEVEL_DIR"
 
@@ -97,33 +97,33 @@ function ci_build {
         all_make_flags+=($CI_MAKE_FLAGS)
     }
     [[ $CI_CC ]] && {
-        all_make_vars+=(CC="$CI_CC")
+        all_make_vars+=("CC=$CI_CC")
     }
     [[ $CI_CC_FLAGS || $CI_SANITIZERS ]] && {
         [[ $CI_SANITIZERS ]] && CI_CC_FLAGS="${CI_CC_FLAGS:-"-O2"} -fsanitize=$CI_SANITIZERS"
-        all_make_vars+=(CFLAGS="$CI_CC_FLAGS")
+        all_make_vars+=("CFLAGS=$CI_CC_FLAGS")
     }
     [[ $CI_CPP ]] && {
-        all_make_vars+=(CPP="$CI_CPP")
+        all_make_vars+=("CPP=$CI_CPP")
     }
     [[ $CI_CPP_FLAGS ]] && {
-        all_make_vars+=(CPPFLAGS="$CI_CPP_FLAGS")
+        all_make_vars+=("CPPFLAGS=$CI_CPP_FLAGS")
     }
     [[ $CI_AR ]] && {
-        all_make_vars+=(AR="$CI_AR")
+        all_make_vars+=("AR=$CI_AR")
     }
     [[ $CI_RANLIB ]] && {
-        all_make_vars+=(RANLIB="$CI_RANLIB")
+        all_make_vars+=("RANLIB=$CI_RANLIB")
     }
     [[ $CI_LD ]] && {
-        all_make_vars+=(LD="$CI_LD")
+        all_make_vars+=("LD=$CI_LD")
     }
     [[ $CI_LD_FLAGS || $CI_SANITIZERS ]] && {
         [[ $CI_SANITIZERS ]] && CI_LD_FLAGS+="${CI_LD_FLAGS:+" "}-fsanitize=$CI_SANITIZERS"
-        all_make_vars+=(LDFLAGS="$CI_LD_FLAGS")
+        all_make_vars+=("LDFLAGS=$CI_LD_FLAGS")
     }
     [[ $CI_LIBS ]] && {
-        all_make_vars+=(LIBS="$CI_LIBS")
+        all_make_vars+=("LIBS=$CI_LIBS")
     }
     all_make_vars+=($CI_MAKE_VARS)
     # And... build!
diff --git a/ci/ci_verify_version.sh b/ci/ci_verify_version.sh
index 58408ba96..c786f06ac 100755
--- a/ci/ci_verify_version.sh
+++ b/ci/ci_verify_version.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -o errexit -o pipefail -o posix
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-# shellcheck source="ci/lib/ci.lib.sh"
+# shellcheck source=ci/lib/ci.lib.sh
 source "$(dirname "$0")/lib/ci.lib.sh"
 cd "$CI_TOPLEVEL_DIR"