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From: Vincent Bernat <vincent-5wNQGcxKXm8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)"
	<mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] recv.2: remove duplicate paragraph for MSG_ERRQUEUE
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 14:08:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3bmvs9rg3.fsf@luffy.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3cb21035-4bc7-da18-febb-e2a919ba02c0-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> (Michael Kerrisk's message of "Sat, 31 Dec 2016 11:27:32 +0100")

 ❦ 31 décembre 2016 11:27 +0100, "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> :

>> The removed paragraph is identical to the one a few lines above.
>
> Gosh! The duplication was injected back in man-pages-1.34 (2000)!
> Back in man-pages-1.33, it was the second instance only that was 
> present, so I'm inclined to remove the other instance (opposite 
> of your patch). What do you think?

I think both solutions are fine.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-12-31 13:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-30 21:33 [PATCH] recv.2: remove duplicate paragraph for MSG_ERRQUEUE Vincent Bernat
     [not found] ` <20161230213328.31980-1-vincent-5wNQGcxKXm8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-31 10:27   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
     [not found]     ` <3cb21035-4bc7-da18-febb-e2a919ba02c0-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-31 13:08       ` Vincent Bernat [this message]
     [not found]         ` <m3bmvs9rg3.fsf-PWwKhitvBKI@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-31 19:34           ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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