Re: [patch v4] manual: add syscall list

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

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Hi Zack,

On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 12:59:13PM GMT, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> On Wed, May 22, 2024, at 3:41 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > [v4 cleans up comment text and list prefixes]
> 
> I saw something go by earlier about previous reviewers not being
> confident in their understanding of the changes to the configure.ac,
> so let me jump in and review that part...

That was me.  :)

> >  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(TIMEOUTFACTOR, $timeoutfactor)
> > 
> > +AC_ARG_WITH([man-pages],
> > +	    AS_HELP_STRING([--with-man-pages=VERSION],
> > +			   [tie manual to a specific man-pages version]),
> > +	    [man_pages_version=$withval],
> > +	    [man_pages_version=6.8])
> > +AC_SUBST(man_pages_version)
> 
> Also, I wonder if it makes sense to tie the default here to the
> default for --enable-kernel, assuming there is one.

The versions of the Linux man-pages project are independent of the Linux
kernel ones.  In fact, I think all of my releases will be 6.x, and 7.x
will be for whoever is the maintainer after me.

Have a lovely night!
Alex

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