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