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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fixincludes/README b/fixincludes/README index e9e46546636..5536a34ec98 100644 --- a/fixincludes/README +++ b/fixincludes/README @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ To make your fix, you will need to do several things: the proper functioning of a different fix. Make sure your fix is properly tested and it does what it is supposed to do. -6. Now that you have the right things happening, syncronize the +6. Now that you have the right things happening, synchronize the $(srcdir)/tests/base directory with the $(builddir)/tests/res directory. The output of "make check" will be some diffs that should give you some hints about what to do. @@ -82,22 +82,23 @@ MAKING CHANGES TO INCLHACK.DEF and "c-test" because they are performed internally: * select - Run a regex on the contents of the file being considered. - All such regex-es must match. + All such regex-es must match. Matching is done with + extended regular expressions. * bypass - Run a regex on the contents of the file being considered. No such regex may match. - * c-test - call a function in fixtests.c. See that file. + * c_test - call a function in fixtests.c. See that file. * files - the "fnmatch" pattern of the file(s) to examine for the issue. There may be several copies of this attribute. If the header lives in a /usr/include subdirectory, be sure to include that subdirectory in the name. e.g. net/if.h - * mach - Match the output of config.conf against a series of fnmatch + * mach - Match the output of config.guess against a series of fnmatch patterns. It must match at least one of the patterns, unless "not-machine" has also been specified. In that case, the - config.conf output must not match any of the patterns. + config.guess output must not match any of the patterns. The next test is relatively slow because it must be handled in a separate shell process. Some platforms do not support server shells, @@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ MAKING CHANGES TO INCLHACK.DEF 1. Be positive for all header files that require the fix. - It is desireable to: + It is desirable to: 2. Be negative as often as possible whenever the fix is not required, avoiding the process overhead. |