Re: Hang during rm on ext2 mounted sync (2.6.14-rc2+)

[Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>]

On 9/23/05, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
> Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 9/23/05, Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 09:45:37PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > > > On 9/23/05, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
> > > > > We ought to have the git bisection process documented in the kernel tree,
> > > > > but we don't, alas.  There's stuff at http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/6/24/234
> > > > > but a standalone document which walks people through installing git,
> > > > > pulling the initial tree, building and bisecting is needed (hint).
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > If noone else is doing this then I'll write such a document.
> > > > If someone has already started writing it, then please let me know so
> > > > we don't duplicate work. I'll get write it during the weekend if I
> > > > hear nothing.
> > >
> > > Bisecting itself is described at Documentation/git-bisect.txt:
> > >
> > > http://kernel.org/git/?p=git/git.git;a=blob;h=b124b0751c195db82a49d0bcf434da429ec71019;hb=7fe2fc79358673a909d71e62d3f80ffe0f525fce;f=Documentation/git-bisect.txt
> > >
> >
> > Thanks, had not seen that document.
> >
> > So, should I just add to that a section on how to get and install git
> > and pull the tree, or put that in a new document and just refer to
> > that document at the top of git-bisect.txt ?
> > Any preferences?
>
> A new document, I think.  People seem to go nuts over this sort of thing
> and write a whole encyclopedia.  I think we'd be better off with just a
> recipe:
>
[snip]
>
> The shorter the better, with exact example commands.
>

Understood. Will do.


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