Re: [PATCH 2/5] multipath-tools: clarify path selector descriptions in multipath.conf.5

[Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>]

On 6/15/26 11:15 AM, Martin Wilck wrote:

> On Mon, 2026-06-15 at 10:26 +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
>> On 6/15/26 10:16 AM, Martin Wilck wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 2026-06-13 at 15:09 +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
>>>> Selectors operate on the next individual I/O request rather
>>>> than a "bunch" of I/O.
>>>
>>> This patch doesn't apply cleanly to any of my branches (master,
>>> queue,
>>> tip).
>> That quote is from the patch series I sent earlier. You might have
>> missed it:
>>
>> Xose Vazquez Perez (3):
>>     multipath-tools: delete obsolete information from multipath.conf.5
>>     multipath-tools: remove explicit width from .TP macros in
>> multipath.conf.5
>>     multipath-tools: remove explicit widths from macros in the
>> remaining man pages
> 
> I was about to apply this (5-part) series to the queue branch. But I do
> have an issue with the other series, as I just wrote, so I'm postponing
> this again. I would like to ask you to send a consolidated series. But
> first I guess we need to reach consensus what to do with the rr_minio
> patch.
With git 2.54.0 and a clean environment (no ~/.gitconfig), all parches
apply cleanly on my end over the queue branch:

$ git clone https://github.com/openSUSE/multipath-tools.git
Cloning into 'multipath-tools'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 40696, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (240/240), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (126/126), done.
remote: Total 40696 (delta 141), reused 180 (delta 114), pack-reused 40456 (from 1)
Receiving objects: 100% (40696/40696), 8.00 MiB | 23.14 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (31803/31803), done.

$ cd multipath-tools/

$ git branch
* queue

$ git am /mnt/datos/curre/arrays/p/enviados/cambios_man_tab/*.patch
Committer identity unknown

*** Please tell me who you are.

Run

   git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
   git config --global user.name "Your Name"

to set your account's default identity.
Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.

fatal: empty ident name (for <you@example.com>) not allowed

$ git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

$ git config --global user.name "Your Name"

$ git am /mnt/datos/curre/arrays/p/enviados/cambios_man_tab/*.patch
Applying: multipath-tools: delete obsolete information from multipath.conf.5
Applying: multipath-tools: remove explicit width from .TP macros in multipath.conf.5
Applying: multipath-tools: remove explicit widths from macros in the remaining man pages

$ git am /mnt/datos/curre/arrays/p/enviados/cambios_man_II/*.patch
Applying: multipath-tools: remove syntax check comments from man pages
Applying: multipath-tools: clarify path selector descriptions in multipath.conf.5
Applying: multipath-tools: specify file paths using variables and add FILES section in multipath.conf.5
Applying: multipath-tools: clarify user_friendly_names prefix behavior in multipath.conf.5
Applying: multipath-tools: fix mandoc errors/warnings in man pages

$ git log -8 --oneline
fdd4549f (HEAD -> queue) multipath-tools: fix mandoc errors/warnings in man pages
b487df0e multipath-tools: clarify user_friendly_names prefix behavior in multipath.conf.5
cfe8681a multipath-tools: specify file paths using variables and add FILES section in multipath.conf.5
f6a59c26 multipath-tools: clarify path selector descriptions in multipath.conf.5
bf9e518c multipath-tools: remove syntax check comments from man pages
faf4dcb4 multipath-tools: remove explicit widths from macros in the remaining man pages
2b33e306 multipath-tools: remove explicit width from .TP macros in multipath.conf.5
fd084d8f multipath-tools: delete obsolete information from multipath.conf.5