Perhaps add a comment as well? —
--- a/check-support-status.in
+++ b/check-support-status.in
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ cat "$INTERSECTION_LIST" | while read SRC_NAME ; do
[% AWK %] '($3=="'"$SRC_NAME"'"){print $1" "$2}' "$INSTALLED_LIST" | \
while read BIN_NAME BIN_VERSION ; do
+ # skip packages that were listed in --except
case ",$EXCEPT," in
*,"$BIN_NAME",*) # plain match (e.g., "binutils")
continue
(Sorry for the extra round trip; I'd meant to add this before submitting
but forgot to.)
Cheers,
Daniel