From: Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
To: Rical Jasan <ricaljasan@pacific.net>, libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Cc: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>,
Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>,
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/5] manual: Convert errno @comments to new @errno macro.
Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 21:03:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a75b80af-7b07-4317-c565-97857115da16@panix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170519093353.6158-4-ricaljasan@pacific.net>
On 05/19/2017 05:33 AM, Rical Jasan wrote:
> errno.texi documents error macros, their values, and error strings in
> Texinfo @comments, some of which are also used for @standards. The
> purpose of this commit is to separate the standards from the error
> strings so that both the @standards conversion script picks up clean
> @standards and the errno documentation framework is improved.
>
> The error names, values, and messages are consolidated in a new custom
> macro, @errno. It is not clear that scripts within the sources rely
> on the special Texinfo @comment-based format to generate files used
> throughout the library, so the definition of @errno in macros.texi now
> provides a comment indicating the dependency. The dependent scripts
> are updated to use @errno, which also simplifies them a bit. The
> files those scripts generate were verified to be unchanged.
>
> The @errno macro is not visibly rendered in any way at this time, but
> it does use an @cindex command to add the error string to the Concept
> Index, to facilitate searching on error messages.
>
> * manual/errno.texi: Convert @comment-based errno
> documentation to @errno.
> * manual/macros.texi (@errno): New macro. Consolidate errors,
> their values, and messages, adding the error string to the
> Concept Index. Provide a warning in the comment about
> external (to the manual) dependencies.
> * sysdeps/gnu/errlist.awk: Use @errno instead of @comments.
> * sysdeps/mach/hurd/errnos.awk: Likewise.
This is also OK. Please go ahead and commit. I will adapt my
outstanding patches to match.
zw
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-05-19 21:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 91+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-06 10:55 [PATCH v2 0/5] Header & Standards Cleanup Rical Jasan
2016-12-06 10:55 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] manual: Enforce header and standard requirements Rical Jasan
2016-12-06 10:55 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] manual: Convert @tables of variables to @vtables Rical Jasan
2016-12-06 13:50 ` Zack Weinberg
2016-12-06 15:46 ` Joseph Myers
2016-12-07 15:18 ` Nix
2016-12-08 1:38 ` Rical Jasan
2016-12-21 10:08 ` Rical Jasan
2016-12-21 12:42 ` Joseph Myers
2016-12-06 10:55 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] manual: Refactor header and standards annotations Rical Jasan
2016-12-06 13:49 ` Zack Weinberg
2016-12-06 15:33 ` Joseph Myers
2016-12-19 10:37 ` Rical Jasan
2016-12-19 13:48 ` Joseph Myers
2017-02-07 6:46 ` Rical Jasan
2016-12-06 10:56 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] manual: Add new " Rical Jasan
2016-12-06 13:23 ` Zack Weinberg
2016-12-06 14:27 ` Andreas Schwab
2016-12-06 16:24 ` Joseph Myers
2016-12-06 19:23 ` Zack Weinberg
2016-12-06 21:42 ` Joseph Myers
2016-12-07 16:32 ` Joseph Myers
2016-12-08 2:56 ` Rical Jasan
2016-12-08 14:02 ` Joseph Myers
2016-12-12 9:01 ` Rical Jasan
2016-12-14 18:18 ` Joseph Myers
2016-12-14 23:30 ` Rical Jasan
2016-12-15 9:58 ` Rical Jasan
2016-12-15 13:01 ` Joseph Myers
2017-02-07 5:13 ` Rical Jasan
2017-02-07 16:41 ` Joseph Myers
2017-02-08 8:50 ` Rical Jasan
2017-02-08 13:52 ` Joseph Myers
2017-02-12 6:01 ` Rical Jasan
2017-04-04 3:58 ` Rical Jasan
2017-04-04 11:26 ` Joseph Myers
2017-04-05 3:08 ` Rical Jasan
2017-06-16 13:40 ` Zack Weinberg
2017-06-16 8:28 ` Rical Jasan
2016-12-06 11:42 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] manual: Clean up miscellaneous standards Rical Jasan
2017-05-16 9:55 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] manual: Header & Standards Cleanup Rical Jasan
2017-05-16 9:55 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] manual: Fix up invalid header and standards syntax Rical Jasan
2017-05-16 11:51 ` Joseph Myers
2017-05-17 4:49 ` Rical Jasan
2017-05-17 10:03 ` Joseph Myers
2017-05-18 8:10 ` Rical Jasan
2017-05-16 9:55 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] manual: Provide one-off standards conversion script Rical Jasan
2017-05-16 9:55 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] manual: Create empty placeholder macros for @standards Rical Jasan
2017-05-16 10:27 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] manual: Replace summary.awk with summary.pl Rical Jasan
2017-05-16 10:28 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] manual: Convert header and standards @comments to @standards Rical Jasan
2017-05-16 10:28 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] manual: Convert @tables of annotated @items to @vtables Rical Jasan
2017-05-16 11:53 ` Joseph Myers
2017-05-18 8:11 ` Rical Jasan
2017-05-16 10:29 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] manual: Refactor errno @comments Rical Jasan
2017-05-16 11:06 ` Joseph Myers
2017-05-17 4:44 ` Rical Jasan
2017-05-17 13:21 ` Zack Weinberg
2017-05-17 13:31 ` Zack Weinberg
2017-05-18 9:42 ` Rical Jasan
2017-05-18 12:32 ` Zack Weinberg
2017-05-19 9:46 ` Rical Jasan
2017-05-19 20:50 ` Zack Weinberg
2017-05-19 6:20 ` Rical Jasan
2017-05-18 9:58 ` Rical Jasan
2017-05-19 9:33 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] manual: Header & Standards Cleanup Rical Jasan
2017-05-19 9:33 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] manual: Create empty placeholder macros for @standards Rical Jasan
2017-05-19 21:02 ` Zack Weinberg
2017-05-20 6:05 ` Rical Jasan
2017-05-19 9:34 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] manual: Provide one-off standards conversion script Rical Jasan
2017-05-19 9:34 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] manual: Replace summary.awk with summary.pl Rical Jasan
2017-05-19 9:34 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] manual: Convert errno @comments to new @errno macro Rical Jasan
2017-05-19 21:03 ` Zack Weinberg [this message]
2017-05-20 6:05 ` Rical Jasan
2017-05-19 9:36 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] manual: Convert header and standards @comments to @standards Rical Jasan
2017-05-19 21:05 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] manual: Header & Standards Cleanup Zack Weinberg
2017-05-22 9:03 ` Rical Jasan
2017-05-24 13:12 ` Rical Jasan
2017-05-24 13:29 ` Zack Weinberg
2017-05-26 5:01 ` [PATCH v5 0/3] " Rical Jasan
2017-05-26 5:01 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] manual: Replace summary.awk with summary.pl Rical Jasan
2017-05-26 5:01 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] manual: Convert header and standards @comments to @standards Rical Jasan
2017-05-26 5:01 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] manual: Create empty placeholder macros for @standards Rical Jasan
2017-05-26 5:01 ` [PATCH v5 0/3] manual: Header & Standards Cleanup [conversion script] Rical Jasan
2017-05-31 9:23 ` [PATCH v5 0/3] manual: Header & Standards Cleanup Rical Jasan
2017-06-08 11:46 ` [PING] " Rical Jasan
2017-06-08 13:41 ` Zack Weinberg
2017-06-09 2:31 ` Rical Jasan
2017-06-15 8:47 ` Rical Jasan
2017-06-15 8:32 ` Rical Jasan
2017-06-15 18:01 ` Joseph Myers
2017-06-16 4:38 ` Rical Jasan
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