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

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

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On 16 Feb 2015 11:30, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Yeah, I tend to try to follow the convention in the file. It's wasn't
> clear what to do. I'm happy to send a patch to wipe my entries, if
> that's desired.

i don't think we need to make you do that one off :).  if Michael is happy with 
scrubbing the code base, lets go that route.
-mike

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