Re: [PATCH 05/14] prctl.2: tfix listing order of prctls

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Hi Dave,

On 5/13/20 1:21 PM, Dave Martin wrote:
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 12:10:53PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> On 5/12/20 6:36 PM, Dave Martin wrote:
>>> The prctl list has historically been sorted by prctl name (ignoring
>>> any SET_ or GET_ prefix) to make individual prctls easier to find.
>>> Some noise seems to have crept in since.
>>>
>>> Sort the list back into order.  Similarly, reorder the list of
>>> prctls specified to return non-zero values on success.
>>
>> This is a good patch. But see my comments on patch 04.
>> I'd prefer a patch like this at the end of a series, 
>> rather than in the middle of it.
> 
> Ack.
> 
> Ideally we could check the order with a script, but that seemed a step
> too far.

Quite.

> What's the view on having parts of the man pages generated, rather then
> being distributed ready-built?

I'm not keen (until someone shows me compelling benefits). Splitting
things up would make pages harder to edit, and IMO increase
the chance for inconsistencies in pages.

> If we split prctl.2 up with a fragment per prctl, we could paste the
> fragments together in the right order with a script.
> 
>>
>>> Content movement only.  No semantic change.
>>
>> And explicitly noting that detail is very helpful to me.
> 
> Unless of course I'm lying ;)  (I'm not, but I won't be offended if you
> check.)

Actually, with your first two patches, you impressed right out of
the gate, so my "I'm gonna blindly trust this guy" needle already
switched up pretty high :-).

Cheers,

Michael

-- 
Michael Kerrisk
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