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author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2005-10-31 10:10:46 +0000 |
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committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2005-10-31 10:10:46 +0000 |
commit | 202a86106b5514fc906445db87f55b8f3e3d0861 (patch) | |
tree | 3bcfde98291d319643ef40a0c93e6825fe305e46 /Changes.old | |
parent | aa56540232190a8105b2865ce67e6b6e9394737e (diff) |
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diff --git a/Changes.old b/Changes.old index 1d16b8102..6d72ad090 100644 --- a/Changes.old +++ b/Changes.old @@ -1928,3 +1928,74 @@ sk98lin.4 capabilities.7 mtk Minor changes + + +==================== Changes in man-pages-2.12 ==================== + +Released: 2005-10-31 + +Contributors +------------ + +The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have +been incorporated in changes in this release: + +Akihiro MOTOKI <amotoki@dd.iij4u.or.jp> +Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl> +Brian M. Carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx> +herbert@gondor.apana.org.au +Martin Landers <martin.landers@treibgut.net> +Michael Benedict <benedict@starbak.net> + +Apologies if I missed anyone! + +Global changes +-------------- + +Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several +places. + + +Changes to individual pages +--------------------------- + +mlock.2 + mtk + Reworded text around PAGESIZE, noting also that + sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE) can be used. + +path_resolution.2 + mtk / aeb + Removed words "as well" (added in 2.11) from the phrase + "and it gets these last five capabilities if its fsuid is 0 as well" + since there are (unusual) situations in which fsuid can be 0 while + the effective UID is not. + + Reworked (cut down) discussion of capabilities, moving part of + it into capabilities.7 + +setresuid.2 + mtk + Add text to note that setresuid() always modifies the file + system UID, and setresgid() likewise always modifies the file + system GID. + +shmget.2 + mtk + Added (brief) description of SHM_HUGETLB. + +sigaltstack.2 + mtk / Martin Landers + Noted that ss_sp is automatically aligned by the kernel. + +byteorder.3 + Brian M. Carlson / herbert@gondor.apana.org.au + Change <netinet/in.h> to <arpa/inet.h> in prototype; add text + explaining that some systems need the former header. + As per Debian bug 265244 + +capabilities.7 + mtk + Reworked part of the discussion of exec() and capabilities. + Added sub-section "Effect of User ID Changes on Capabilities". + Reworked discussion of CAP_SYS_ADMIN and file-max. |