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Re: Add fcntl sealing interfaces from Linux 3.17 to bits/fcntl-linux.h
On Fri, 8 Sep 2017, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> With regards to the changelog entry formatting,
> I wonder why a more compact form is not used here, e.g.
>
> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/fcntl-linux.h [__USE_GNU] (F_ADD_SEALS,
> F_GET_SEALS, F_SEAL_SEAL, F_SEAL_SHRINK, F_SEAL_GROW, F_SEAL_WRITE):
> New macros.
glibc tends to use the "Likewise." style more than is required by the GNU
Coding Standards; I'm not sure why. (The above sort of list of symbols
should close parentheses at the end of each line and then reopen at the
start of the next line when continuing the list.)
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