Bug 191756 - [patch] devel/m4: Improve LIBSIGSEGV option description
Summary: [patch] devel/m4: Improve LIBSIGSEGV option description
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Ports & Packages
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Individual Port(s) (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Some People
Assignee: Johan van Selst
URL:
Keywords: easy
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2014-07-09 03:06 UTC by Kubilay Kocak
Modified: 2014-07-09 12:51 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Update LIBSIGSEVG option description (554 bytes, patch)
2014-07-09 03:06 UTC, Kubilay Kocak 		koobs: maintainer-approval? (johans)
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Description Kubilay Kocak freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2014-07-09 03:06:13 UTC 
Improve libsigsev OPTION description, after user comment on Twitter, and based on:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/m4-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html
Comment 1 Kubilay Kocak freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2014-07-09 03:06:59 UTC 
Created attachment 144530 [details]
Update LIBSIGSEVG option description
Comment 2 Johan van Selst freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2014-07-09 07:03:33 UTC 
Note that it is not just about stack overflow errors, m4 uses the general sigsegv handlers, which attempt to provide diagnostics for all memory addressing errors.
Comment 3 Kubilay Kocak freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2014-07-09 07:11:20 UTC 
Understood. 

On re-assessment I believe the main ambiguity for users may centre around the terms 'diagnostics' and 'better'. Perhaps something like:

"Use alternative page fault handler (GNU libsigsegv)"

Thoughts?
Comment 4 Johan van Selst freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2014-07-09 07:23:20 UTC 
I like this suggestion. Feel free to commit.
Comment 5 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2014-07-09 07:43:31 UTC 
A commit references this bug:

Author: koobs
Date: Wed Jul  9 07:43:23 UTC 2014
New revision: 361342
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/361342

Log:
  devel/m4: Improve LIBSIGSEGV option description

  - Improve LIBSIGSEGV option description based on user feedback
  - While I'm here, whitespace align OPTIONS section

  PR:		191756
  Submitted by:	Chris Palmer (via Twitter: @fugueish)
  Approved by:	maintainer

Changes:
  head/devel/m4/Makefile