On Friday 29 June 2007 04:30:21 Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> > You could have a link in
> > "Old" as requested, and any other links as well.
>
> Well, I think all that LFS seems to want is links that are
> stable "for a while" (since I don't suppose that they want
> to use really old tarballs in any
Michael Kerrisk wrote:
Alex: Okay -- I've set up a script that ensures that
the "Archive" directory (was "Old") always includes links
to the latest versions of the pages, so you can be guaranteed
that links in Archive should always be stable (I don't know
that I'll ever actually remove files
> > Well, I think all that LFS seems to want is links that are
> > stable "for a while" (since I don't suppose that they want
> > to use really old tarballs in any case). So, for
> > the benefit of LFS, I'll just be less aggressive about
> > moving tarballs into "Old" (I'll leave them sitting in
Michael Kerrisk wrote:
Well, I think all that LFS seems to want is links that are
stable "for a while" (since I don't suppose that they want
to use really old tarballs in any case). So, for
the benefit of LFS, I'll just be less aggressive about
moving tarballs into "Old" (I'll leave them
Bill,
> >> There is one little problem with this: there is no stable URL for a
> >> given version.
> >
> > Well, there never really was. To date, most old tarballs have
> > had only a limited life on kernel.org.
> >
> Why? I'm not questioning the policy, it's just that if HUGE kernel
>
Bill,
There is one little problem with this: there is no stable URL for a
given version.
Well, there never really was. To date, most old tarballs have
had only a limited life on kernel.org.
Why? I'm not questioning the policy, it's just that if HUGE kernel
versions are kept
Michael Kerrisk wrote:
Well, I think all that LFS seems to want is links that are
stable for a while (since I don't suppose that they want
to use really old tarballs in any case). So, for
the benefit of LFS, I'll just be less aggressive about
moving tarballs into Old (I'll leave them sitting
Michael Kerrisk wrote:
Alex: Okay -- I've set up a script that ensures that
the Archive directory (was Old) always includes links
to the latest versions of the pages, so you can be guaranteed
that links in Archive should always be stable (I don't know
that I'll ever actually remove files from
Well, I think all that LFS seems to want is links that are
stable for a while (since I don't suppose that they want
to use really old tarballs in any case). So, for
the benefit of LFS, I'll just be less aggressive about
moving tarballs into Old (I'll leave them sitting in
On Friday 29 June 2007 04:30:21 Michael Kerrisk wrote:
You could have a link in
Old as requested, and any other links as well.
Well, I think all that LFS seems to want is links that are
stable for a while (since I don't suppose that they want
to use really old tarballs in any case).
What
Michael Kerrisk wrote:
Alexander,
I just released man-pages-2.59 and man-pages-2.60.
These releases are now available for download at:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages
Yes, just this morning I decided to tidy away some of the old
tarballs into a newly created "old"
> Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> > How about a link in /pub/linux/docs/manpages/ of the form
> > "LATEST-IS-m.xy"? Rob Landley was wanting something like this,
> > and I guess it would be easy for LFS to build a simple
> > script that looks for that link and deduces "man-pages-m.xy"
> > from it.
Michael Kerrisk wrote:
How about a link in /pub/linux/docs/manpages/ of the form
"LATEST-IS-m.xy"? Rob Landley was wanting something like this,
and I guess it would be easy for LFS to build a simple
script that looks for that link and deduces "man-pages-m.xy"
from it. (I've just now created
Alexander,
> > I just released man-pages-2.59 and man-pages-2.60.
> >
> > These releases are now available for download at:
> >
> > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages
Yes, just this morning I decided to tidy away some of the old
tarballs into a newly created "old" directory.
>
Michael Kerrisk wrote:
I just released man-pages-2.59 and man-pages-2.60.
These releases are now available for download at:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages
There is one little problem with this: there is no stable URL for a given
version. This hurts, e.g., automated Linux
Michael Kerrisk wrote:
I just released man-pages-2.59 and man-pages-2.60.
These releases are now available for download at:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages
There is one little problem with this: there is no stable URL for a given
version. This hurts, e.g., automated Linux
Alexander,
I just released man-pages-2.59 and man-pages-2.60.
These releases are now available for download at:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages
Yes, just this morning I decided to tidy away some of the old
tarballs into a newly created old directory.
There is one
Michael Kerrisk wrote:
How about a link in /pub/linux/docs/manpages/ of the form
LATEST-IS-m.xy? Rob Landley was wanting something like this,
and I guess it would be easy for LFS to build a simple
script that looks for that link and deduces man-pages-m.xy
from it. (I've just now created such
Michael Kerrisk wrote:
How about a link in /pub/linux/docs/manpages/ of the form
LATEST-IS-m.xy? Rob Landley was wanting something like this,
and I guess it would be easy for LFS to build a simple
script that looks for that link and deduces man-pages-m.xy
from it. (I've just now
Michael Kerrisk wrote:
Alexander,
I just released man-pages-2.59 and man-pages-2.60.
These releases are now available for download at:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages
Yes, just this morning I decided to tidy away some of the old
tarballs into a newly created old
On Monday 25 June 2007 05:50:07 Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> Gidday,
>
> I just released man-pages-2.59 and man-pages-2.60.
Could you make a man-pages-latest symlink in the download directory?
I'm trying to keep an HTML copy of this (converted with doclifter) up to date
(It'll be on
On Monday 25 June 2007 05:50:07 Michael Kerrisk wrote:
Gidday,
I just released man-pages-2.59 and man-pages-2.60.
Could you make a man-pages-latest symlink in the download directory?
I'm trying to keep an HTML copy of this (converted with doclifter) up to date
(It'll be on
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