Re: [PATCH] syscall.2: add arm64 and mips

[Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>]

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On 15 Feb 2015 16:13, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> On 02/15/2015 11:46 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On 17 Jan 2015 23:22, Kees Cook wrote:
> >> --- a/man2/syscall.2
> >> +++ b/man2/syscall.2
> >> @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
> >>  .\"
> >>  .\" 2002-03-20  Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
> >>  .\"	- adopted for Linux
> >> +.\" 2015-01-17, Kees Cook <keescook-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
> >> +.\"	Added mips and arm64.
> >>  .\"
> > 
> > can we scrub changelogs from the man pages in general ?  they're usually 
> > incomplete and rarely provide more than `git log -p`.
> 
> Yes, I tend to discourage them these days, but don't always worry too much if
> someone adds them to  patch.

in this case, i think Kees was following apparent convention rather than 
thinking he always add one.  so i'm suggesting we help out at least the 
people who are just trying to DTRT by scrubbing the tree of existing ones 
that aren't useful.
-mike

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