Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/6] ld.so.8: some improvements from Debian

Jonathan Nieder
2012-04-16T18:23:00Z

Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:

> IIUC, your purpose is to allow Debian to drop downstream ld.so.8, by
> ensuring that upstream ld.so.8 has everything that useful from the
> downstream (purpose 1). Along the way, you also saw places where the
> upstream page could be further improved with *new* material (purpose
> 2). Right? What I'm saying is, please keep a good separation between
> those two purposes in your patch. Simplest would be a series of
> patches that dealt with purpose 1, followed by another series for
> purpose 2. Does that make sense?

Yeah, that makes more sense. I don't remember the details any more,
but my intent was always only purpose #1. I do remember there being
places where Debian and upstream differed and both seemed wrong, where
I went my own way.

Anyway, I will definitely try to follow the guideline you have
suggested above. Thanks for your help.

Jonathan