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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-07-03 04:14:55 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2008-07-03 04:14:55 +0000
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Provide a clear description of the three types of address that
can appear in the sockaddr_un structure: pathname, unnamed,
and abstract.
+
+
+==================== Changes in man-pages-3.02 ====================
+
+Released: 2008-07-02, Konolfingen
+
+
+Contributors
+------------
+
+The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have
+been incorporated in changes in this release:
+
+Alain Portal <aportal@univ-montp2.fr>
+Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
+Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
+Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@courier-mta.com>
+Stephane Chazelas <stephane_chazelas@yahoo.fr>
+WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
+
+Apologies if I missed anyone!
+
+
+New and rewritten pages
+-----------------------
+
+clock_nanosleep.2
+ mtk
+ A description of the clock_nanosleep() system call,
+ which was added in kernel 2.6.
+
+getgrouplist.3
+ mtk
+ A near complete rewrite, including additional information and
+ a new example program.
+
+getutmp.3
+ mtk
+ Documents getutmp(3) and getutmpx(3).
+
+gnu_get_libc_version.3
+ mtk
+ Documents gnu_get_libc_version(3) and gnu_get_libc_release(3).
+
+sigwait.3
+ mtk
+ Documents sigwait(3).
+
+shm_overview.7
+ mtk
+ An overview of the POSIX shared memory API.
+
+
+Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
+---------------------------------------------
+
+updwtmp.3
+ mtk
+ Document updwtmpx(3).
+
+
+New links
+---------
+
+getutmpx.3
+ mtk
+ Link to getutmp.3.
+
+gnu_get_libc_release.3
+ mtk
+ Link to gnu_get_libc_version.3
+
+updwtmpx.3
+ mtk
+ Link to updwtmp.3
+
+utmpxname.3
+ mtk
+ Link to getutent.3.
+
+utmpx.5
+ mtk
+ Link to utmp.5.
+
+
+Global changes
+--------------
+
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ s/user name/username/
+
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ s/host name/hostname/
+
+
+Changes to individual pages
+---------------------------
+
+fchmodat.2
+ Alain Portal
+ SEE ALSO: add symlink.7. (3.01 changelog wrongly said this
+ had been done.)
+
+io_setup.2
+ Alain Portal
+ Remove superfluous text from RETURN VALUE.
+
+mmap.2
+ mtk
+ SEE ALSO: Add mmap(2), shm_overview(7).
+
+shmget.2
+shmop.2
+ mtk
+ SEE ALSO: add shm_overview(7).
+
+sigreturn.2
+ mtk
+ Added a bit more detail on what sigreturn() actually does.
+
+signalfd.2
+sigsuspend.2
+ mtk
+ SEE ALSO: Add sigwait(3).
+
+sigwaitinfo.2
+ mtk
+ Describe behavior when multiple threads are blocked in
+ sigwaitinfo()/sigtimedwait().
+ SEE ALSO: Add sigwait(3).
+
+dirfd.3
+ mtk
+ RETURN VALUE: describe return value on success.
+ Add an ERRORS section documenting POSIX.1-specified errors.
+
+getaddrinfo.3
+ mtk, after a note by Stephane Chazelas
+ getaddrinfo() supports specifying IPv6 scope-IDs.
+
+getlogin.3
+ mtk
+ ERRORS: add ENOTTY.
+ SEE ALSO: add utmp(5).
+
+getutent.3
+ WANG Cong
+ utmpname() does return a value.
+ mtk
+ Add paragraph to start of DESCRIPTION recommending
+ use of POSIX.1 "utmpx" functions.
+ CONFORMING TO: mention utmpxname().
+ Add an ERRORS section.
+ There are no utmpx equivalents of the _r reentrant functions.
+ Clarify discussion of return values.
+ Add pointer to definition of utmp structure in utmp(5).
+ Clarify discussion of utmpx file on other systems (versus
+ Linux situation).
+
+getutent.3
+ mtk
+ SEE ALSO: add getutmp(3)
+
+inet_pton.3
+ Stephane Chazelas
+ Fix error in description of IPv6 presentation format:
+ s/x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x/x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x/.
+
+setbuf.3
+ Reuben Thomas / mtk
+ Fix confused wording for return value of setvbuf().
+ Fixes http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488104.
+ mtk
+ Other minor rewordings.
+
+shm_open.3
+ mtk
+ SEE ALSO: add shm_overview(7).
+
+random.4
+ mtk, after a note by Alain Portal
+ Slight rewording to make life easier for non-native English
+ speakers.
+
+utmp.5
+ mtk
+ Add discussion of POSIX.1 utmpx specification.
+ Provide a little more detail on fields of utmp structure.
+ Added comments to macros for ut_type field.
+ Correct the description of the ut_id field.
+ mtk
+ Consolidate duplicated information about ut_tv and ut_session
+ on biarch platforms.
+ mtk
+ Move some text from CONFORMING TO to NOTES.
+ Removed some crufty text.
+ SEE ALSO: add login(3), logout(3), logwtmp(3).
+ UT_LINESIZE is 32 (not 12).
+ mtk
+ SEE ALSO: add getutmp(3)
+
+man-pages.7
+ mtk
+ Enhanced the discussion of font conventions.
+
+signal.7
+ mtk
+ Note that the delivery order of multiple pending standard
+ signals is unspecified.
+ SEE ALSO: Add sigwait(3).