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Re: PATCH [BZ #156]
- From: OndÅej BÃlka <neleai at seznam dot cz>
- To: Yogesh Chaudhari <mr dot yogesh at gmail dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>, Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 12:55:54 +0200
- Subject: Re: PATCH [BZ #156]
- References: <CAAOfnZqz-F+Q=nUA0eeVVGH5aFhxkTQuavi_B--yf9Qz7d95Rg at mail dot gmail dot com>
Hi,
Patches should be send inline.
Please use more descriptive subject like
[PATCH] [BZ #156] Update gethostbyname2_r documentation.
More information what you should do is at:
http://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Contribution%20checklist
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 03:56:33PM +0530, Yogesh Chaudhari wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This patch adds the statement about freeing the buffer for
> gethostbyname2_r in accordance with BZ156.
>
> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=7029
>
> As this is my first patch, there may be many comments/suggestions and
> resulting corrections. I was wondering if there is a utility similar
> to the "patchcheck" used by the cpython project that would test for
> 'basic' syntax/contribution corrections/completeness in a patch?
> (http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/1babfb6261fa/Tools/scripts/patchcheck.py)
>
It would be usefull but nobody had time to write it yet.
Ondra