Re: [PATCH 1/3] scripts/patch-kernel: fix typos and compression comment

[Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>]

On 21.5.2012 04:49, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
> 
> Fix typo, drop trailing whitespace, and add "xz" to list of
> compression types supported.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
> ---
>  scripts/patch-kernel |    6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> --- lnx-34-rc7-pk.orig/scripts/patch-kernel
> +++ lnx-34-rc7-pk/scripts/patch-kernel
> @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
>  #
>  #       Nick Holloway <Nick.Holloway@alfie.demon.co.uk>, 2nd January 1995.
>  #
> -# Added support for handling multiple types of compression. What includes
> -# gzip, bzip, bzip2, zip, compress, and plaintext. 
> +# Added support for handling multiple types of compression. That includes
> +# gzip, bzip, bzip2, zip, compress, xz, and plaintext.
>  #
>  #       Adam Sulmicki <adam@cfar.umd.edu>, 1st January 1997.

You are editing a changelog entry from time when xz did not exist. Why
don't you instead add a note to the usage examples at the beginning of
the script, that several compression formats are supported.

BTW, are you actually *using* this script? Wow, that would be two
confirmed users in this calendar year alone :).

Michal