linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: kernel-doc: update commands to generate man page

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Message-ID: <20190201155935.169d2e15@lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 1 Feb 2019 15:59:35 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     frowand.list@...il.com
Cc:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Joris Gutjahr <joris.gutjahr@...il.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: kernel-doc: update commands to generate man page

On Fri,  1 Feb 2019 13:54:39 -0800
frowand.list@...il.com wrote:

> (1) The command to generate man pages is truncated in the pdf version
> of the document.  Reformat the command into multiple lines to prevent
> the truncation.
> 
> (2) Older versions of git do not support all variants of pathspec
> syntax.  Provide commands to generate man pages for various
> alternate syntax.

Applied, thanks.

(Though it would sure be nice if we could document which versions of the
syntax should be used with which versions of git...:)

jon