linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [KERNEL-DOC] kill warnings when building mandocs

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Message-Id: <20070419085336.c029b87c.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:53:36 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	bbpetkov@...oo.de
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [KERNEL-DOC] kill warnings when building mandocs

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:20:59 +0200 Borislav Petkov wrote:

> <snip>
> > > I'm pretty sure the reason you cannot reproduce this warning is the line 
> > > 
> > > <xsl:param name="refentry.version.suppress">1</xsl:param>
> > > 
> > > which can be found in param.xsl, it being a part of the docbook-xsl
> > > distribution. The parameter's name is self-explanatory and a '1' suppresses
> > > the version generation. I was able to get this error because in the
> > > debian docbook-xsl package this param value is set to 0 by default.
> > 
> > Hm, I don't seem to have that file installed (except in
> > /usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/...).  Where would it normally
> > be installed?
> 
> /usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/nwalsh/manpages/param.xsl here

OK, I have that one, with a /current/ stuck in there:


/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/nwalsh/1.69.1/manpages/param.xsl

<xsl:param name="refentry.version.suppress">0</xsl:param>


> > > This means, some users will get this warning and some will not, depending on the
> > > setting in the param.xsl file. What is the way to go here wrt to a solution
> > > dealing with all cases:
> > > 
> > > 1. patch the kernel-doc?
> > > 2. issue an info so that the user can suppress the annoying warning by
> > > themselves?
> > > 3. ...?
> > 
> > 
> > Are other people seeing these warning messages ??
> Hm, is anyone building the manpages target at all?

Other than the 2 of us... I couldn't say.

> > If so, I think that we should patch the kernel-doc.  I don't think
> > that many people would read info about how to avoid the warnings.


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~Randy
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