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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2007-12-01 05:06:57 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2007-12-01 05:06:57 +0000
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+++ b/Changes.old
@@ -34,30 +34,38 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone!
Global changes
--------------
-Many math pages had their synopses compressed, as per suggestion
-from Fabian Kreutz.
+Various pages
+ Fabian Kreutz
+ Many math pages had their synopses compressed, as per suggestion
+ from Fabian Kreutz.
-Many minor content and formatting bug fixes were made to the math
-pages, following suggestions from Fabian Kreutz (who recently
-translated many of the 1.70 math pages into German) and
-Andries Brouwer.
+Various pages
+ Fabian Kreutz / aeb
+ Many minor content and formatting bug fixes were made to the math
+ pages, following suggestions from Fabian Kreutz (who recently
+ translated many of the 1.70 math pages into German) and
+ Andries Brouwer.
-For consistency, all instances of "super-user" were changed to the more
-common "superuser".
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ For consistency, all instances of "super-user" were changed
+ to the more common "superuser".
-After a note from Vasya Pupkin, I added <errno.h> to the SYNOPSIS
-of several Section 2 pages using the _syscallN() macros.
+Various pages
+ Vasya Pupkin / mtk
+ After a note from Vasya Pupkin, I added <errno.h> to the SYNOPSIS
+ of several Section 2 pages using the _syscallN() macros.
- In addition:
- -- erroneous semicolons at the end of _syscallN() were removed
- on various pages.
+ In addition:
+ -- erroneous semicolons at the end of _syscallN() were removed
+ on various pages.
- -- types such as "uint" in syscallN() declarations were changed
- to "unsigned int", etc.
+ -- types such as "uint" in syscallN() declarations were changed
+ to "unsigned int", etc.
- -- various other minor breakages in the synopses were fixed.
+ -- various other minor breakages in the synopses were fixed.
- The affected pages are:
+ The affected pages are:
getdents.2
gettid.2
@@ -80,7 +88,7 @@ Changes to individual pages
bind.2
Florian Weimer
Added 'const' to declaration of 'my_addr' in prototype.
- as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=239762
+ as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=239762.
fcntl.2
Martin Pool
@@ -94,29 +102,32 @@ getrlimit.2
mtk
Material on getrusage.2 has been separated out into its own page.
Rewrote discussion on RLIMIT_MEMLOCK to incorporate kernel
- 2.6.9 changes.
+ 2.6.9 changes.
Added note on RLIMIT_CPU error in older kernels.
- Added RLIMIT_SIGPENDING
+ Added RLIMIT_SIGPENDING.
Also made a few other minor changes.
getrusage.2
mtk
This page is new(ish) -- it was created by splitting
- getrlimit.2.
+ getrlimit.2.
Repaired note on SIGCHLD behavior to note that the
- POSIX non-conformance has been fixed in 2.6.9.
+ POSIX non-conformance has been fixed in 2.6.9.
kill.2
Modified after suggestion from Emmanuel Colbus
Changed wording of sentence under NOTES describing
- when signals can be sent to init.
+ when signals can be sent to init(1).
-mlock.2, munlock.2, mlockall.2, munlockall.2
+mlock.2
+munlock.2
+mlockall.2
+munlockall.2
These have been consolidated into a single mlock.2 page.
In the process, much duplication was eliminated
- and new information was added about RLIMIT_MEMLOCK
- and the changes in memory locking in kernel 2.6.9,
+ and new information was added about RLIMIT_MEMLOCK
+ and the changes in memory locking in kernel 2.6.9,
mmap.2
mtk
@@ -125,17 +136,17 @@ mmap.2
Note that MAP_FIXED replaces existing mappings
msgctl.2
- mtk
+ mtk
Substantial language and formatting clean-ups.
Added msqid_ds and ipc_perm structure definitions.
msgget.2
- mtk
+ mtk
Substantial language and formatting clean-ups.
Added notes on /proc files.
msgop.2
- mtk
+ mtk
Substantial language and formatting clean-ups.
Added notes on /proc files.
@@ -149,46 +160,46 @@ personality.2
2004-11-03 applied patch from Martin Schulze
semctl.2
- mtk
+ mtk
Substantial language and formatting clean-ups.
Rewrote semun text.
Added semid_ds and ipc_perm structure definitions.
semget.2
- mtk
+ mtk
Substantial language and formatting clean-ups.
Added notes on /proc files.
Rewrote BUGS note about semget()'s failure to initialize
- semaphore values.
+ semaphore values.
semop.2
- mtk
+ mtk
Substantial language and formatting clean-ups.
Added notes on /proc files.
shmctl.2
- mtk
+ mtk
Substantial language and formatting clean-ups.
Updated shmid_ds structure definitions.
Added information on SHM_DEST and SHM_LOCKED flags.
Noted that CAP_IPC_LOCK is not required for SHM_UNLOCK
- since kernel 2.6.9.
+ since kernel 2.6.9.
Added notes on 2.6.9 RLIMIT_MEMLOCK changes.
Added RLIMIT_SIGPENDING (new in Linux 2.6.8)
shmget.2
- mtk
+ mtk
Substantial language and formatting clean-ups.
Added notes on /proc files.
shmop.2
- mtk
+ mtk
Substantial language and formatting clean-ups.
Changed wording and placement of sentence regarding attachment
- of segments marked for destruction.
+ of segments marked for destruction.
sigaction.2
- mtk
+ mtk
Added mention of SIGCONT under SA_NOCLDSTOP.
Added SA_NOCLDWAIT.
Updated discussion for POSIX.1-2001 and SIGCHLD and sa_flags.
@@ -199,7 +210,7 @@ sigaction.2
signal.2
mtk
Removed text on ignoring SIGCHLD; replaced with pointer
- to sigaction.2.
+ to sigaction.2.
sigwaitinfo.2
After bug report from Andrey Kiselev
@@ -224,12 +235,12 @@ swapon.2
times.2
mtk
In Linux 2.6, the return value of times changed; it is no
- longer time since boot, but rather:
+ longer time since boot, but rather:
- boot_time + 2^32 / HZ - 300
+ boot_time + 2^32 / HZ - 300
Repaired note on SIGCHLD behavior to note that the
- POSIX non-conformance has been fixed in 2.6.9.
+ POSIX non-conformance has been fixed in 2.6.9.
Some formatting fixes.
undocumented.2
@@ -251,7 +262,7 @@ wait.2
wait4.2
mtk
Rewrote this page, removing much duplicated information,
- and replacing with pointers to wait.2.
+ and replacing with pointers to wait.2.
Luis Javier Merino Morán / mtk
CONFORMING TO said "SVr4, POSIX". Changed to "4.3BSD"
@@ -267,7 +278,7 @@ assert.3
ctime.3
mtk
Noted that 0 in tm_mday is interpreted to mean the last day
- of the preceding month.
+ of the preceding month.
getnameinfo.3
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=229618
@@ -307,7 +318,7 @@ random.4
proc.5
mtk
Updated description of /proc/loadavg to include
- nr_running(), nr_threads, last_pid.
+ nr_running(), nr_threads, last_pid.
rtsig-max and rtsig-nr went away in 2.6.8
@@ -323,15 +334,15 @@ capabilities.7
netdevice.7
Karel Kulhavy and AEB
formatting fix after note from Karel Kulhavy and AEB, plus a
- few wording fixes.
+ few wording fixes.
signal.7
mtk
/proc/sys/kernel/rtsig-* were superseded by RLIMIT_SIGPENDING
- in kernel 2.6.8.
+ in kernel 2.6.8.
tcp.7
- mtk/aeb
+ mtk/aeb
Updated details of interaction of TCP_CORK and TCP_NODELAY.
==================== Changes in man-pages-2.01 ====================
@@ -359,22 +370,20 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone!
Global changes
--------------
-Matthew Dempsky, mtk
- triggered by http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=283179
- The wording describing how errno is set was fixed up in the
- following pages:
-
- accept.2
- close.2
- send.2
- setsid.2
- socket.2
- closedir.3
- initgroups.3
- mkstemp.3
- opendir.3
- readdir.3
- telldir.3
+accept.2
+close.2
+send.2
+setsid.2
+socket.2
+closedir.3
+initgroups.3
+mkstemp.3
+opendir.3
+readdir.3
+telldir.3
+ Matthew Dempsky, mtk
+ triggered by http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=283179
+ The wording describing how errno is set was fixed up in these pages.
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
other places.
@@ -385,8 +394,8 @@ Changes to individual pages
sendfile.2
mtk
Adjusted descriptions of argument file types to be closer to
- 2.6 reality.
- Wording and formatting changes
+ 2.6 reality.
+ Wording and formatting changes.
ctan.3
ctanh.3
@@ -397,12 +406,12 @@ ctanh.3
errno.3
Martin Schulze, mtk
Removed errno declaration from prototype, added notes
- on historical need for this declaration.
+ on historical need for this declaration.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=174175
aio_return.3
- as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=224953
- Changed erroneous "aio_return(2)" to "aio_return(3)"
+ as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=224953
+ Changed erroneous "aio_return(2)" to "aio_return(3)".
posix_openpt.3
mtk
@@ -455,7 +464,8 @@ strftime.3
+(The range is up to 60 to allow for occasional leap seconds.)
sysconf.3
- Johannes Berg / http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=226974
+ Johannes Berg
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=226974
-.BR POSIX2_FORT_RUN " - " _SC_2_FORT_DEV
+.BR POSIX2_FORT_DEV " - " _SC_2_FORT_DEV
@@ -513,14 +523,12 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone!
Global changes
--------------
-Martin (Joey) Schulze
- Removed SEE ALSO reference to non-existent newctime(3) from:
-
- ctime.3
- tzselect.8
- zdump.8
- zic.8
-
+ctime.3
+tzselect.8
+zdump.8
+zic.8
+ Martin (Joey) Schulze
+ Removed SEE ALSO reference to non-existent newctime(3).
See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=236884
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
@@ -569,7 +577,7 @@ link.2
mincore.2
mtk, after note from Gordon Jin
- Updated ERRORS
+ Updated ERRORS.
pipe.2
As per message from Serguei Leontiev
@@ -600,7 +608,7 @@ setitimer.2
sigqueue.2
Johan Walles, Martin (Joey) Schulze
- Added sigqueue.2 to SEE ALSO
+ Added sigqueue.2 to SEE ALSO.
times.2
mtk
@@ -675,9 +683,13 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone!
Global changes
--------------
-Pavel Heimlich
- Change `ttys(4)' to `ttyS(4)' in:
- tty.4 mouse.4 vcs.4 console_ioctl.4 console.4
+console.4
+console_ioctl.4
+mouse.4
+tty.4
+vcs.4
+ Pavel Heimlich
+ Change `ttys(4)' to `ttyS(4)'.
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
places.
@@ -743,7 +755,7 @@ wait.2
mtk
Noted that the __W* flags can't be used with waitid().
-getconf.3
+confstr.3
mtk
Added _CS_GNU_LIBC_VERSION and _CS_GNU_LIBPTHREAD_VERSION.
@@ -809,9 +821,11 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone!
Global changes
--------------
-For consistency across pages:
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ For consistency across pages:
- 1,$s/nonzero/non-zero/g
+ 1,$s/nonzero/non-zero/g
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
places.
@@ -830,19 +844,19 @@ Changes to individual pages
_exit.2
mtk
- Various minor changes
+ Various minor changes.
epoll_ctl.2
Mike Furr
BUGS: In kernels < 2.6.9, EPOLL_CTL_DEL required a non-NULL
'event', even though this argument is ignored.
- As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=306517.
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=306517
flock.2
- mtk / Kevin Ryde
- Clarified semantics of relationship between flock() locks
- and open file entries and file descriptors.
- See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=291121
+ mtk / Kevin Ryde
+ Clarified semantics of relationship between flock() locks
+ and open file entries and file descriptors.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=291121
getitimer.2
Olivier Croquette, Thierry Excoffier
@@ -865,21 +879,21 @@ open.2
Walter Harms
O_DIRECT needs _GNU_SOURCE.
mtk
- O_ASYNC works for pipes and FIFOs in Linux 2.6
- Various minor fixes
+ O_ASYNC works for pipes and FIFOs in Linux 2.6.
+ Various minor fixes.
atexit.3
mtk
- Various minor changes
+ Various minor changes.
exit.3
mtk
- Various minor changes
+ Various minor changes.
getopt.3
- mtk / Philipp Spitzer
- Fix description of return value.
- See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=308359
+ mtk / Philipp Spitzer
+ Fix description of return value.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=308359
hsearch.3
mtk
@@ -888,22 +902,22 @@ hsearch.3
log1p.3
Justin Pryzby
- make log(3) SEE ALSO log1p(3)
- As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=309578
+ Make log(3) SEE ALSO log1p(3),
+ as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=309578
makecontext.3
Tanaka Akira
- Fix description of RETURN VALUE for makecontext()
- As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=311800
+ Fix description of RETURN VALUE for makecontext(),
+ as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=311800
on_exit.3
mtk
- Various minor changes
+ Various minor changes.
rand.3
kabloom
- Small fix to a code example
- As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=194842.
+ Small fix to a code example,
+ as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=194842
realpath.3
mtk / Thomas Hood
@@ -914,32 +928,32 @@ realpath.3
rcmd.3
Dave Love
- The required header file for these functions on Linux is <netdb.h>
- As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=311680
+ The required header file for these functions on Linux is <netdb.h>,
+ as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=311680
scanf.3
Olivier Guilyardi
- Arg for %p is a pointer to _a pointer to_ void.
- As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=263109
+ Arg for %p is a pointer to _a pointer to_ void,
+ as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=263109
stdin.3
Vincent Lefevre
freopen() can change the descriptors associated with
- stdin/stdout/stderr.
- As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=295859.
+ stdin/stdout/stderr, as per
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=295859
strerror.3
Baurjan Ismagulov
- strerror_r(3) requires #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600
- As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=290880
+ strerror_r(3) requires #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600,
+ as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=290880
sysconf.3
Peter Cordes / mtk
- Fix typo: "_SC_2_DEV" should be "_SC_2_C_DEV"
+ Fix typo: "_SC_2_DEV" should be "_SC_2_C_DEV".
proc.5
mtk
- Added pointers under /proc/sys/net to tcp.7 and ip.7
+ Added pointers under /proc/sys/net to tcp.7 and ip.7.
ip.7
mtk
@@ -948,7 +962,7 @@ ip.7
tcp.7
Dieter Brueggemann / mtk
- Fixes to the discussion of SIOCATMARK and tcp_stdurg
+ Fixes to the discussion of SIOCATMARK and tcp_stdurg.
mtk
Various wording and formatting fixes.
Incorporated some new /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_* file descriptions
@@ -989,7 +1003,7 @@ Changes to individual pages
_exit.2
mtk / aeb
Reversed 2.04 introduction of the term "process termination
- function".
+ function".
close.2
mtk
@@ -999,19 +1013,18 @@ close.2
dup.2
mtk
Consistent use of terms "open file description",
- "file status flags", and "file descriptor flags"
- Removed mention of lock sharing -- it was not
- accurate.
- Minor formatting fixes
+ "file status flags", and "file descriptor flags".
+ Removed mention of lock sharing -- it was not accurate.
+ Minor formatting fixes.
fcntl.2
mtk
Consistent use of terms "open file description",
- "file status flags", and "file descriptor flags"
+ "file status flags", and "file descriptor flags".
Some rewriting of discussion of file descriptor flags
Under F_DUPFD, replaced some text duplicated in dup.2
- with a cross ref to dup.2
- Minor wording and formatting fixes
+ with a cross ref to dup.2
+ Minor wording and formatting fixes.
fpclassify.3
mtk / Martin (Joey) Schulze / Bas Zoetekouw
@@ -1027,42 +1040,42 @@ getuid.2
getitimer.2
mtk
- The short sleep bug (up to 1 jiffy) that was newly noted in
- man-pages-2.04 has just been fixed in 2.6.12.
+ The short sleep bug (up to 1 jiffy) that was newly noted in
+ man-pages-2.04 has just been fixed in 2.6.12.
getpriority.2
- mtk
- Changed range documented in main text from -20..20 to -20..19.
- Noted that the range is -20..20 on some systems.
+ mtk
+ Changed range documented in main text from -20..20 to -20..19.
+ Noted that the range is -20..20 on some systems.
open.2
mtk / aeb
Clarification of term "open file description" along with
- explanation of what information it maintains.
- Other wording improvements
- Various minor wording changes
+ explanation of what information it maintains.
+ Other wording improvements.
+ Various minor wording changes.
atexit.3
mtk / aeb
Reversed 2.04 introduction of the term "process termination
- function".
+ function".
mtk
Noted use of atexit() for establishing function to be invoked on
- shared library unload.
+ shared library unload.
Noted that atexit()-registered functions are not invoked on
- abnormal termination.
+ abnormal termination.
Formatting fixes.
exit.3
mtk / aeb
Reversed 2.04 introduction of the term "process termination
- function".
+ function".
mtk
Minor rewording and formatting changes.
getloadavg.3
mtk
- Added #define _BSD_SOURCE to prototype
+ Added #define _BSD_SOURCE to prototype.
log2.3
Martin (Joey) Schulze
@@ -1080,20 +1093,20 @@ strtod.3
tdestroy.3
mtk
- New link to tsearch.3
+ New link to tsearch.3.
tsearch.3
mtk
- Added tdestroy to .TH line
+ Added tdestroy to .TH line.
mem.4
mtk
- Change "chown root:mem /dev/mem" to "chown root:kmem /dev/mem"
+ Change "chown root:mem /dev/mem" to "chown root:kmem /dev/mem".
null.4
mtk
Change "chown root:mem /dev/null /dev/zero" to
- "chown root:root /dev/null /dev/zero"
+ "chown root:root /dev/null /dev/zero".
vcs.4
Dan Jacobson / Martin (Joey) Schulze
@@ -1158,7 +1171,7 @@ Removed Pages
sstk.2
mtk
AFAIK, this system call has never actually done anything (other
- than be a stub) on any Unix.
+ than be a stub) on any Unix.
Changes to individual pages
---------------------------
@@ -1187,7 +1200,7 @@ getrlimit.2
mtk
Documented RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE limit.
RLIMIT_RSS ceased to have any effect in 2.4 in kernel 2.4.30.
- (It already didn't have any effect in 2.2.x and 2.6.x.)
+ (It already didn't have any effect in 2.2.x and 2.6.x.)
s/MADVISE_WILLNEED/MADV_WILLNEED/
listen.2
@@ -1210,7 +1223,7 @@ socket.2
umask.2
mtk
Added mkdir(2) to discussion, made term "file mode creation
- mask" clearer.
+ mask" clearer.
Various, mostly small, wording changes
errno.3
@@ -1231,25 +1244,25 @@ getpwent.3
getpwnam.3
Lars Wirzenius / mtk
Replace mention of /etc/{passwd,group} by references to
- "passwd/group database", and LDAP and NIS.
+ "passwd/group database", and LDAP and NIS.
As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=316117
mtk
Miscellaneous wording improvements
Consistent DESCRIPTION and ERRORS wording across these pages.
getnameinfo.3
- mtk
- Relocate misplaced text describing gai_strerror().
+ mtk
+ Relocate misplaced text describing gai_strerror().
getnetent.3
Petter Reinholdtsen
s/endservent/endnetent/
- As per Debian Bug#316517
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=316517
getspnam.3
Lars Wirzenius / mtk
Replace mention of /etc/shadow by references to
- "shadow password database", and LDAP and NIS.
+ "shadow password database", and LDAP and NIS.
As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=316117
mtk, Claus Weber
Miscellaneous wording improvements
@@ -1262,7 +1275,7 @@ hsearch.3
scanf.3
Justin Pryzby / mtk
Fix description of RETURN VALUE
- As per Debian Bug#317037
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=317037
mtk
various parts substantially rewritten; added description of
%n$ form; various text incorporated from the GNU C library
@@ -1271,7 +1284,7 @@ scanf.3
shm_open.3
mtk
Modified details of how user and group ownership of a new
- object are set.
+ object are set.
Various minor wording and formatting cleanups.
elf.5
@@ -1318,24 +1331,35 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone!
Global changes
--------------
-The terms "set-user-ID" and "set-group-ID" are now used consistently
-(no abbreviations) across all manual pages.
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ The terms "set-user-ID" and "set-group-ID" are now used
+ consistently (no abbreviations) across all manual pages.
-Consistent use of "saved set-user-ID" and "saved set-group-ID"
-(no more "saved user ID", "saved effective UID", saved group ID", etc.)
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ Consistent use of "saved set-user-ID" and "saved set-group-ID"
+ (no more "saved user ID", "saved effective UID",
+ saved group ID", etc.)
-Global fixes in textual descriptions:
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ Global fixes in textual descriptions:
- uid --> UID
- gid --> GID
- pid --> PID
- id --> ID
+ uid --> UID
+ gid --> GID
+ pid --> PID
+ id --> ID
-Consistent use of st_atime, st_ctime, st_mtime, with explanatory text,
-instead of atime/ctime/mtime.
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ Consistent use of st_atime, st_ctime, st_mtime, with
+ explanatory text, instead of atime/ctime/mtime.
-Classical BSD versions are now always named x.yBSD (formerly
-there was a mix of x.yBSD and BSD x.y).
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ Classical BSD versions are now always named x.yBSD (formerly
+ there was a mix of x.yBSD and BSD x.y).
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
places.
@@ -1396,8 +1420,10 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone!
Global changes
--------------
-RFC references are now always written as "RFC\ nnn" (not "RFC nnn" or
-"RFCnnn").
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ RFC references are now always written as "RFC\ nnn"
+ (not "RFC nnn" or "RFCnnn").
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
places.
@@ -1409,7 +1435,7 @@ Changes to individual pages
du.1
Mike Frysinger
To get an effect like "-h", BLOCKSIZE must start with "human",
- not "HUMAN".
+ not "HUMAN".
time.1
Mike Frysinger
@@ -1427,10 +1453,10 @@ connect.2
getpriority.2
mtk
Expanded discussion of relationship between user and kernel
- representations of the nice value.
+ representations of the nice value.
Added discussion of RLIMIT_NICE and a cross reference to
- getrlimit.2 under the description of the EACCES error.
+ getrlimit.2 under the description of the EACCES error.
Noted 2.6.12 change in credentials checking for setpriority().
@@ -1445,7 +1471,7 @@ mmap.2
Noted bug in MAP_POPULATE for kernels before 2.6.7.
mremap.2
- mtk
+ mtk
Added _GNU_SOURCE to prototype.
Rewrote description of MREMAP_MAYMOVE.
Rewrote description of EAGAIN error.
@@ -1460,19 +1486,19 @@ msgctl.2
nanosleep.2
Baurzhan Ismagulov
Add to prototype: define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 199309
- As per Debian bug 314435
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=314435
nice.2
mtk
Added sentence noting that range of the nice value is described
- in getpriority.2.
+ in getpriority.2.
Added cross-reference to setrlimit(2) for discussion on
- RLIMIT_NICE.
+ RLIMIT_NICE.
outb.2
David N. Welton / Justin Pryzby / mtk
Clarified the order of value and port arguments;
- As per Debian bug 263756
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=263756
pause.2
mtk
@@ -1482,7 +1508,7 @@ pause.2
poll.2
Tommy Pettersson
nfds should be prototyped as nfds_t
- As per Debian bug 322934
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=322934
mtk
Some wording and formatting improvements.
@@ -1509,13 +1535,13 @@ remap_file_pages.2
sched_setparam.2
mtk
- Modified discussion of privileges; added pointer to
- sched_setscheduler.2 for a discussion of privileges and
- resource limits.
+ Modified discussion of privileges; added pointer to
+ sched_setscheduler.2 for a discussion of privileges and
+ resource limits.
sched_setscheduler.2
- mtk
- Modified discussion of privileges; added discussion of RLIMIT_RTPRIO.
+ mtk
+ Modified discussion of privileges; added discussion of RLIMIT_RTPRIO.
semctl.2
mtk
@@ -1580,7 +1606,7 @@ carg.3
to:
One has tan(carg(z)) = cimag(z) / creal(z)
- As per Debian bug 326720
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=326720
cmsg.3
mtk
@@ -1606,8 +1632,7 @@ getaddrinfo.3
getpwnam.3
Bernhard R. Link / mtk
Add NOTES text describing relationship of pw_dir and HOME and
- pointing out that applications should preferentially
- inspect HOME
+ pointing out that applications should preferentially inspect HOME.
inet.3
Mike Frysinger
@@ -1618,12 +1643,12 @@ inet.3
rpc.3
mtk / Ludovic Courtes
Commented out references to rpc_secure(3) -- we don't currently
- have such a page in the man-pages set.
- In response to Debian bug report 325115
+ have such a page in the man-pages set.
+ In response to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=325115
setenv.3
mtk
- glibc 2.3.4 fixed the "name contains '='" bug
+ glibc 2.3.4 fixed the "name contains '='" bug.
strnlen.3
Mike Frysinger
@@ -1635,19 +1660,19 @@ initrd.4
the root device is obsolete, in favor of pivot root.
(However, the page still needs to be rewritten to actually
describe the pivot_root method...)
- As per Debian bug 323621.
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=323621
proc.5
mtk
- Improve text describing /proc/sys/fs/mqueue/* files
+ Improve text describing /proc/sys/fs/mqueue/* files.
- Describe /proc/sys/fs/suid_dumpable (new in 2.6.13)
+ Describe /proc/sys/fs/suid_dumpable (new in 2.6.13).
- Added placeholder mention of /proc/zoneinfo (new in 2.6.13)
- More needs to be said about this file
+ Added placeholder mention of /proc/zoneinfo (new in 2.6.13).
+ More needs to be said about this file.
Repaired earlier cut and paste mistake which resulted
- in part of the text of this page being duplicated.
+ in part of the text of this page being duplicated.
utmp.5
Mike Frysinger
@@ -1665,12 +1690,12 @@ ip.7
s/SOL_IP/IPPROTO_IP/ (POSIX standard name)
Hasso Tepper
- Fix discussion of IPC_RECVTTL / IP_TTL
+ Fix discussion of IPC_RECVTTL / IP_TTL.
signal.7
mtk
Updated SEE ALSO to reflect splitting of sigaction.2 into
- sigaction.2, sigsuspend.2, sigpending.2, sigprocmask.2
+ sigaction.2, sigsuspend.2, sigpending.2, sigprocmask.2.
socket.7
mtk
@@ -1683,7 +1708,7 @@ tcp.7
udp.7
mtk
- Added description of UDP_CORK socket option
+ Added description of UDP_CORK socket option.
s/SOL_UDP/IPPROTO_UDP/ (POSIX standard name)
s/SOL_IP/IPPROTO_IP/ (POSIX standard name)
@@ -1719,7 +1744,7 @@ grantpt.3
pts.4
tty_ioctl.4
mtk
- Added SEE ALSO for new pty.7 page
+ Added SEE ALSO for new pty.7 page.
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
places.
@@ -1729,7 +1754,7 @@ New pages
---------
pty.7
- mtk
+ mtk
Overview of Unix 98 and BSD pseudo-terminals.
@@ -1737,13 +1762,13 @@ Changes to individual pages
---------------------------
ldd.1
- mtk
- Remove "-V" option (fix from Fedora man-pages-2.07-7).
+ mtk
+ Remove "-V" option (fix from Fedora man-pages-2.07-7).
fcntl.2
Peter Chubb / Trond Myklebust / mtk
Since kernel 2.6.10, a read lease can only be placed on a
- file descriptor that is opened read-only.
+ file descriptor that is opened read-only.
See the following LKML thread of Aug 2005
("fcntl(F GETLEASE) semantics??"):
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112371777712197&w=2
@@ -1753,24 +1778,24 @@ fcntl.2
mprotect.2
mtk
- Add new text to ENOMEM error
+ Add new text to ENOMEM error.
mremap.2
mtk
Added description of MREMAP_FIXED and 'new_address' argument
- under NOTES.
+ under NOTES.
Revised text of EINVAL error.
read.2
Samuel Thibault / mtk
read() can fail with EINVAL when using O_DIRECT
mtk
- Added open(2) to SEE ALSO
+ Added open(2) to SEE ALSO.
shmget.2
mtk
s/int/size_t/ for type of 'size' argument (fix from
- Fedora man-pages-2.07-7).
+ Fedora man-pages-2.07-7).
write.2
Samuel Thibault / mtk
@@ -1778,7 +1803,7 @@ write.2
atanh.3
mtk
- Fix: s/acosh/atanh/ (fix from Fedora man-pages-2.07-7)
+ Fix: s/acosh/atanh/ (fix from Fedora man-pages-2.07-7).
fopen.3
mtk
@@ -1791,13 +1816,13 @@ getrpcent.3
stdio.3
mtk / Justin Pryzby
Removed references to fropen() and fwopen(), which are
- BSDisms that don't appear in glibc.
- As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=331174
+ BSDisms that don't appear in glibc.
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=331174
strftime.3
mtk
Typo fix: %Ry ==> %Ey [SUSv3 mentions...] (fix from
- Fedora man-pages-2.07-7).
+ Fedora man-pages-2.07-7).
nsswitch.conf.5
mtk
@@ -1884,11 +1909,13 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone!
Global changes
--------------
-Most instances of the constant "NULL" are not formatted (bolded) in
-man pages, but a few are. For consistency, formatting on "NULL" has
-been removed where it occurred.
+Varios pages
+ mtk
+ Most instances of the constant "NULL" are not formatted (bolded) in
+ man pages, but a few are. For consistency, formatting on "NULL" has
+ been removed where it occurred.
-Many minor formatting fixes were made.
+ Many minor formatting fixes were made.
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
places.
@@ -1917,11 +1944,11 @@ mkfifo.3
sk98lin.4
Alain Portal
- Formatting fixes
+ Formatting fixes.
capabilities.7
mtk
- Minor changes
+ Minor changes.
==================== Changes in man-pages-2.12 ====================
@@ -1959,14 +1986,14 @@ mlock.2
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.
+ 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
+ Reworked (cut down) discussion of capabilities, moving part of
+ it into capabilities.7
setresuid.2
mtk
@@ -1985,8 +2012,8 @@ sigaltstack.2
byteorder.3
Brian M. Carlson / herbert
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
+ explaining that some systems need the former header.
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=265244
capabilities.7
mtk
@@ -2007,19 +2034,27 @@ Global changes
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
places.
-Function and page cross references that were italicized were made bold
-(which is how the majority of function and page cross references
-were already done).
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ Function and page cross references that were italicized were
+ made bold (which is how the majority of function and page
+ cross references were already done).
-Instances of things like "NULL-terminated string" were changed to
-"null-terminated string".
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ Instances of things like "NULL-terminated string" were changed to
+ "null-terminated string".
-Pathnames, structures, arguments, and <header-files> that were bold
-were changed to italics.
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ Pathnames, structures, arguments, and <header-files> that were
+ bold were changed to italics.
-Instances of the constant "NULL" that were bold-faced were made
-unformatted (which is how most instances of "NULL" were already
-formatted.)
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ Instances of the constant "NULL" that were bold-faced were made
+ unformatted (which is how most instances of "NULL" were already
+ formatted.)
==================== Changes in man-pages-2.14 ====================
@@ -2055,7 +2090,7 @@ rexec.3
This page is taken as is from the FreeBSD 5.4 distribution.
(Not checked against Linux reality, but likely things are
the same.)
- See also Debian bug 336875.
+ See also http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=336875
Changes to individual pages
---------------------------
@@ -2074,8 +2109,8 @@ fcntl.2
Clarified parts of the discussion of file leases,
noting effect of open(O_NONBLOCK), interruption
by signal handler, or termination by signal in
- lease breaker.
- In response to Debian bug 339037.
+ lease breaker. In response to
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=339037
stat.2
mtk / Stefan Brüns
@@ -2090,7 +2125,8 @@ frexp.3
open.2
mtk / Avery Pennarun
Add EWOULDBLOCK error for file leases.
- In response to Debian bug 339037.
+ In response to
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=339037
putenv.3
mtk
@@ -2165,7 +2201,7 @@ kill.2
when sending signals to a process group.
sigaction.2
- mtk
+ mtk
Noted that si_signo is unused on Linux.
sigpending.2
@@ -2227,13 +2263,13 @@ strftime.3
glibc2.
mtk
Added GLIBC NOTES section describing optional 'flag' and 'width'
- components of conversion specifiers.
+ components of conversion specifiers.
Some wording changes to bring terminology closer to SUSv3.
Added an example program.
vm86old.2
- mtk / aeb
- Add as new linik to vm86.2.
+ mtk / aeb
+ Add as new linik to vm86.2.
intro.7
mtk
@@ -2250,8 +2286,8 @@ socket.7
udp.7
Malcolm Scott
- s/tcp_socket/udp_socket/ in example
- Fixes Debian bug 340927
+ s/tcp_socket/udp_socket/ in example
+ Fixes http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=340927
==================== Changes in man-pages-2.16 ====================
@@ -2285,15 +2321,15 @@ HOWTOHELP
Added instructions for finding maintainer in Debian package.
poll.2
- mtk
- Added NOTES about INFTIM constant provided on some other
- implementations.
+ mtk
+ Added NOTES about INFTIM constant provided on some other
+ implementations.
shmop.2
Alan Stern
The -1 error return of shmat() should be cast "(void *)".
-strftime.r
+strftime.3
aeb
Remove junk text (actually intended as source code comment
in page).
@@ -2359,8 +2395,8 @@ fork.2
pipe.2
mtk
- Added an example program.
- Added SEE ALSO for new pipe.7 page.
+ Added an example program.
+ Added SEE ALSO for new pipe.7 page.
wait.2
mtk
@@ -2382,11 +2418,11 @@ inet.3
open_memstream.3
mtk
- New link to new fmemopen.3
+ New link to new fmemopen.3.
fifo.4
- mtk
- Added SEE ALSO for new pipe.7 page.
+ mtk
+ Added SEE ALSO for new pipe.7 page.
environ.5
mtk
@@ -2458,23 +2494,28 @@ err.3
errno.3
Justin Pryzby
- Added SEE ALSO for err.3 (Debian bug 306867)
+ Added SEE ALSO for err.3.
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=306867
gethostbyname.3
Martin (Joey) Schulze / mtk
Added references to nsswitch.conf(5); remove cross references
- to resolv+(8). (See also Debian Bug#308397.)
+ to resolv+(8).
+ See also http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=308397
perror.3
Justin Pryzby
- Added SEE ALSO for err.3 (Debian bug 306867)
+ Added SEE ALSO for err.3 .
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=306867
resolver.3
mtk / Martin (Joey) Schulze
Remove cross references to resolv+(8); add cross references to
- resolv.conf(5). (See also Debian Bug#214892)
+ resolv.conf(5).
+ See also http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=214892
- Added SEE ALSO entry for resolver(5) (See Debian Bug#251122.)
+ Added SEE ALSO entry for resolver(5);
+ see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=251122
strerror.3
mtk / Stefan Puiu
@@ -2482,7 +2523,8 @@ strerror.3
strerror_r(), and added some additional information on
strerror().
Justin Pryzby
- Added SEE ALSO for err.3 (Debian bug 306867)
+ Added SEE ALSO for err.3, as per
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=306867
elf.5
@@ -2701,13 +2743,13 @@ gethostname.2
mmap.2
mtk / Mike Frysinger
- Clarify relationship between mmap2(2) and mmap64(3)
+ Clarify relationship between mmap2(2) and mmap64(3).
mtk
A few other small rewordings.
mmap64.3
Mike Frysinger
- New link to mmap.2
+ New link to mmap.2.
open.2
mtk
@@ -2743,7 +2785,7 @@ qsort.3
mtk / Falk Hueffner
Clarify how strcmp() should be used as the 'compar'
function by providing an example.
- As per Debian bug 348072.
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=348072
proc.5
mtk
@@ -2801,11 +2843,11 @@ mmap.2
rt_sigreturn.2
Thorsten Kukuk
- New link to sigreturn.2
+ New link to sigreturn.2.
rt_sigsuspend.2
mtk
- New link to sigsuspend.2
+ New link to sigsuspend.2.
waitid.2
mtk
@@ -2824,7 +2866,7 @@ openpty.3
qsort.3
mtk
- Small rewording under EXAMPLES
+ Small rewording under EXAMPLES.
strtol.3
strtoul.3
@@ -2910,7 +2952,7 @@ kill.2
mtk / Britton Leo Kerin
Small wording change under NOTES to clarify
what happens when a process sends a signal to itself.
- See Debian bug 350236.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=350236
mlock.2
mtk / Matthias Andree
@@ -2923,7 +2965,7 @@ mlock.2
msgop.2
mtk / Samuel Thibault
Rewrote declaration of 'msgp' to be "void *" in response
- to Debian bug report 350884.
+ to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=350884
Various other wording fixes.
open.2
@@ -2934,7 +2976,7 @@ open.2
read.2
Justin Pryzby
Add SEE ALSO for pread(2).
- As per Debian bug 351873.
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=351873
sched_setaffinity.2
mtk
@@ -2961,7 +3003,7 @@ localeconv.3
Other minor wording changes.
Martin (Joey) Schulze
Added SEE ALSO refs for nl_langinfo.3
- As per Debian bug 351831.
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=351831
scanf.3
mtk / Justin Pryzby
@@ -2970,7 +3012,7 @@ scanf.3
setlocale.3
Martin (Joey) Schulze
Added SEE ALSO refs for nl_langinfo.3
- As per Debian bug 351831.
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=351831
proc.5
mtk
@@ -2979,7 +3021,7 @@ proc.5
ascii.7
Dan Jacobson / mtk
Add text describing characters 001 to 037.
- See Debian bug 342173.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=342173
locale.7
mtk
@@ -3042,7 +3084,7 @@ gets.3
strpbrk.3
mtk after a suggestion from Samuel Thibault
Added SEE ALSO pointers to wide character equivalent functions
- See Debian bug 351996.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=351996
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
places.
@@ -3055,9 +3097,9 @@ clone.2
mtk
Remove duplicate CLONE_STOPPED text.
Commented out crufty text describing EINVAL error
- for the now obsolete CLONE_DETACHED flag.
+ for the now obsolete CLONE_DETACHED flag.
Under CLONE_SIGHAND, noted that 'flags' must also include
- CLONE_VM if CLONE_SIGHAND is specified.
+ CLONE_VM if CLONE_SIGHAND is specified.
fcntl.2
mtk
@@ -3202,9 +3244,9 @@ openat.2
mbind.2
Andi Kleen, Christoph Lameter, mtk
- Added MPOL_MF_MOVE and MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL descriptions,
- from numactl-0.9.2 man page.
- Plus a few other smaller fixes.
+ Added MPOL_MF_MOVE and MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL descriptions,
+ from numactl-0.9.2 man page.
+ Plus a few other smaller fixes.
fexecve.3
mtk
@@ -3254,8 +3296,9 @@ sendmsg.2
mtk / Paul Brook
Added text to note that although POSIX says msg_controllen
should be socklen_t, glibc actually uses size_t.
- See Debian bug 356502 and the associated glibc bug report.
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2448.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356502
+ and the associated glibc bug report.
+ http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2448
mtk
Various formatting fixes.
@@ -3269,7 +3312,7 @@ select.2
tempnam.3
Justin Pryzby
Clean up description of EEXIST error.
- Debian bug 357893
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=357893
unlink.2
mtk
@@ -3362,8 +3405,10 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone!
Global changes
--------------
-Various minor formatting changes were done on a range of
-pages in Section 7. (No content was changed.)
+man7/*
+ mtk
+ Various minor formatting changes were done on a range of
+ pages in Section 7. (No content was changed.)
New pages
@@ -3577,7 +3622,7 @@ mknod.2
open.2
mtk / Roberto Jimenoca
Clarified discussion of file types affected by O_NONBLOCK.
- See Debian bug 360243.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=360243
openat.2
mtk
@@ -3590,8 +3635,8 @@ recv.2
shmop.2
mtk
- Since 2.6.17-rc1, shmdt() gives the error EINVAL in a further
- circumstance: if shmaddr is not aligned on a page boundary.
+ Since 2.6.17-rc1, shmdt() gives the error EINVAL in a further
+ circumstance: if shmaddr is not aligned on a page boundary.
unshare.2
mtk
@@ -3743,9 +3788,12 @@ epoll.4
fifo.4
futex.4
complex.5
-environ.5 (many pages outside man-pages actually *expect*
- 'environ' to be in Section 7.)
-ipc.5 renamed to svipc.7
+environ.5
+ (many pages outside man-pages actually *expect*
+ 'environ' to be in Section 7.)
+
+ipc.5
+ renamed to svipc.7
".so" link files have been created to link the old file locations to the
new file locations. These links are added just to ensure that cross
@@ -3767,7 +3815,7 @@ adjtime.3
error.3
Justin Pryzby / mtk
New page describing error() and error_at_line()
- Fixes Debian bug 186307.
+ Fixes http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=186307
program_invocation_name.3
mtk
@@ -3845,13 +3893,13 @@ fsync.2
fsync(2) and fdatasync(2).
getitimer.2
- mtk
- Updated discussion of maximum timer value to reflect the fact
- that the default jiffy is now 4 milliseconds.
+ mtk
+ Updated discussion of maximum timer value to reflect the fact
+ that the default jiffy is now 4 milliseconds.
- Added text to note that current incorrect behavior of
- normalizing tv_usec >= 1000000 will be repaired in a future
- kernel; applications should be fixed now.
+ Added text to note that current incorrect behavior of
+ normalizing tv_usec >= 1000000 will be repaired in a future
+ kernel; applications should be fixed now.
gettimeofday.2
Karel Kulhavy
@@ -3955,7 +4003,7 @@ fmemopen.3
getline.3
Justin Pryzby
Add SEE ALSO pointing to getline.3.
- See Debian bug 364772.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=364772
strtod.3
strtoul.3
@@ -3978,7 +4026,7 @@ tmpfile.3
DESCRIPTION does not need to say "temporary file name"
just "temporary file", since the name is in any case
unavailable to the user.
- See Debian bug 363518.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=363518
mtk
In DESCRIPTION:
Change /automatically deleted when the program terminates normally/
@@ -4095,7 +4143,7 @@ utime.2
fopen.3
Justin Pryzby / mtk
Document 'm' (mmap) flag.
- Debian bug 365754.
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365754
mtk
Document 'c' (notcancel) flag.
@@ -4104,10 +4152,10 @@ futimes.3
Add SEE ALSO reference pointing to new futimesat.2 page.
qsort.3
- Johannes Weiner
- Add missing "const" qualifies to cast in EXAMPLE.
- mtk
- Slight rewording of comments in EXAMPLE.
+ Johannes Weiner
+ Add missing "const" qualifies to cast in EXAMPLE.
+ mtk
+ Slight rewording of comments in EXAMPLE.
termios.3
Karel Kulhavy
@@ -4151,17 +4199,18 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone!
Page renamings
--------------
-ftm.7 renamed to the more suggestive feature_test_macros.7
+ftm.7
mtk / Stefan Puiu
+ renamed to the more suggestive feature_test_macros.7
New pages
---------
mq_getsetattr.2
- mtk
- New page briefly describing mq_getsetattr(2), the system
- call that underlies mq_setattr(3) and mq_getattr(3).
+ mtk
+ New page briefly describing mq_getsetattr(2), the system
+ call that underlies mq_setattr(3) and mq_getattr(3).
rpmatch.3
Justin Pryzby / mtk
@@ -4183,7 +4232,7 @@ open.2
mmap.2
Justin Pryzby
Add mincore(2) to SEE ALSO.
- See Debian bug 367401.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=367401
msync.2
Justin Pryzby
@@ -4270,7 +4319,7 @@ sigorset.3
stdio.3
Justin Pryzby
Added SEE ALSO referring to unlocked_stdio.3
- See Debian bug 367667.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=367667
strchr.3
Justin Pryzby
@@ -4284,12 +4333,12 @@ undocumented.3
Justin Pryzby / mtk
Updated to remove some functions that don't exist, and
therefore don't need to be documented.
- See Debian bug 367671.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=367671
unlocked_stdio.3
Justin Pryzby
Added SEE ALSO referring to stdio.3
- See Debian bug 367667.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=367667
mq_overview.7
mtk
@@ -4357,7 +4406,7 @@ New pages
ioprio_set.2
Eduardo Madeira Fleury, with edits by mtk, and review by Jens Axboe
- New page for ioprio_get(2) and ioprio_set(2), new in 2.6.13.
+ New page for ioprio_get(2) and ioprio_set(2), new in 2.6.13.
offsetof.3
Justin Pryzby / mtk
@@ -4382,7 +4431,7 @@ fcntl.2
inotify_add_watch.2
Aristeu Sergio Rozanski Filho / mtk
s/<inotify.h>/<sys/inotify.h>/ in prototypes.
- See Debian bug 369960.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=369960
mtk
Renamed argument from 'path' to 'pathname'.
Reword introductory paragraph to clarify that
@@ -4396,12 +4445,12 @@ inotify_add_watch.2
inotify_init.2
Aristeu Sergio Rozanski Filho / mtk
s/<inotify.h>/<sys/inotify.h>/ in prototypes.
- See Debian bug 369960.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=369960
inotify_rm_watch.2
Aristeu Sergio Rozanski Filho / mtk
s/<inotify.h>/<sys/inotify.h>/ in prototypes.
- See Debian bug 369960.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=369960
mtk
The EINVAL error can also occur if 'fd' is not an inotify
file descriptor.
@@ -4487,7 +4536,7 @@ ftw.3
inet.3
Marc Lehmann
Fixed typo in NOTES.
- Debian bug 370277.
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=370277
isalpha.3
Joey
@@ -4516,13 +4565,13 @@ scandir.3
Reworded CONFORMING TO statement on scandir() and alphasort().
strchr.3
- Stefan Puiu
- Fix prototype for strchrnul().
+ Stefan Puiu
+ Fix prototype for strchrnul().
strtoul.3
- Stefan Puiu
- Add text clarifying treatment of strings starting with
- minus sign.
+ Stefan Puiu
+ Add text clarifying treatment of strings starting with
+ minus sign.
tmpnam.3
mtk, after comments by Justin Pryzby
@@ -4570,9 +4619,9 @@ futex.7
inotify.7
mtk
- 'path' argument renamed to 'pathname'.
- A few minor rewordings.
- Added BUGS section describing a couple of bugs.
+ 'path' argument renamed to 'pathname'.
+ A few minor rewordings.
+ Added BUGS section describing a couple of bugs.
ip.7
mtk
@@ -4581,7 +4630,7 @@ ip.7
man.7
Justin Pryzby
Add SEE ALSO referring to groff_man(7).
- Debian bug 369253.
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=369253
==================== Changes in man-pages-2.35 ====================
@@ -4620,7 +4669,7 @@ New pages
---------
sync_file_range.2
- Andrew Morton / mtk
+ Andrew Morton / mtk
New page for sync_file_range(2), new in kernel 2.6.17.
Changes to individual pages
@@ -4776,7 +4825,7 @@ Thomas Huriaux / mtk
echo $a; groff -Tascii -wmac -mman $a > /dev/null;
done 2>&1 | less
- See Debian Bug# 378544.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=378544
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
places.
@@ -4811,7 +4860,7 @@ exevce.2
mtk
Add text noting that effective IDs are copied to
saved set-IDs during execve().
- See Debian bug 379297.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=379297
getitimer.2
mtk
@@ -4911,26 +4960,27 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone!
Global changes
--------------
-There was a major reworking of the CONFORMING TO sections
-in most manual pages.
- mtk
-
- * generally try to rationalize the names used for standards.
- The preferred names are now documented as the head words
- of the list in standards(7). For the future: there is
- probably no need to talk about anything more than
- C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001 (or later), xBSD, and SVr4.
- (In particular, I've eliminated most references to XPG
- and SVID, replacing them with references to SUS or SVr4.)
-
- * eliminate discussion of errors that can occur on other
- systems. This information exists only patchily in the
- manual pages, is probably of limited use, is hard to maintain,
- and was in some cases simply wrong (and probably always was).
-
- * Tried to ensure that those interfaces specified in C99 or
- POSIX.1-2001 are marked as such in their manual pages.
-
+Most pages
+ mtk
+ There was a major reworking of the CONFORMING TO sections
+ in most manual pages.
+
+ * generally try to rationalize the names used for standards.
+ The preferred names are now documented as the head words
+ of the list in standards(7). For the future: there is
+ probably no need to talk about anything more than
+ C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001 (or later), xBSD, and SVr4.
+ (In particular, I've eliminated most references to XPG
+ and SVID, replacing them with references to SUS or SVr4.)
+
+ * eliminate discussion of errors that can occur on other
+ systems. This information exists only patchily in the
+ manual pages, is probably of limited use, is hard to maintain,
+ and was in some cases simply wrong (and probably always was).
+
+ * Tried to ensure that those interfaces specified in C99 or
+ POSIX.1-2001 are marked as such in their manual pages.
+
intro.1
intro.2
intro.3
@@ -4941,11 +4991,13 @@ feature_test_macros.7
mtk
Added SEE ALSO referring to new standards.7.
-Changed instances of "HP UX" to "HP-UX".
+Various pages
mtk
+ Changed instances of "HP UX" to "HP-UX".
-Changed instances of "DG-UX to "DG/UX"
+Various pages
mtk
+ Changed instances of "DG-UX to "DG/UX"
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
places.
@@ -4987,9 +5039,10 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone!
Global changes
--------------
-Updated CONFORMING TO and/or standards references
+Various pages
mtk
- In various pages that were missed for 2.38.
+ Updated CONFORMING TO and/or standards references
+ in various pages that were missed for 2.38.
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
places.
@@ -5082,7 +5135,7 @@ getcwd.3
Samuel Thibault / mtk
Fix SYNOPSIS and CONFORMING TO text for getwd() and
get_current_dir().
- See Debian bug: 381692
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=381692
proc.5
Chuck Ebbert
@@ -5234,23 +5287,23 @@ wait4.2
clog2.3
mtk / aeb / Kevin Ryde
Fix broken text in description.
- See Debian bug 386214.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=386214
clog10.3
Kevin Ryde
Fix broken text in description.
- See Debian bug 386214.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=386214
mq_receive.3
Britton Leo Kerin
Fix return type in SYNOPSIS; should be "ssize_t" not "mqd_t".
- See Debian bug 387551.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=387551
qsort.2
Hrvoje Niksic
Fix wording referring to the use of strcmp() in 'compar'
function.
- See Debian bug 391402.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391402
sendfile.2
mtk
@@ -5263,7 +5316,7 @@ termios.3
tzset.3
mtk
Added some TZ examples.
- See Debian bug 386087.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=386087
proc.5
mtk
@@ -5403,7 +5456,8 @@ crypt.3
strerror.3
Reuben Thomas
- Add C99 to CONFORMING TO; see Debian bug 400634.
+ Add C99 to CONFORMING TO; see
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400634
rtc.4
David Brownell
@@ -5433,7 +5487,7 @@ proc.5
feature_test_macros.7
mtk / Eduard Bloch
- The LFS spec is now at http://opengroup.org/platform/lfs.html.
+ The LFS spec is now at http://opengroup.org/platform/lfs.html
raw.7
udp.7
@@ -5496,7 +5550,7 @@ scripts/find_repeated_words.sh
Global changes
--------------
-mtk
+Various pages
Justin Pryzby / mtk
Add "#define _ATFILE_SOURCE" to SYNOPSIS in following pages:
faccessat.2
@@ -5514,75 +5568,82 @@ mtk
unlinkat.2
mkfifoat.3
-mtk
- Various references to "getty" were changed to "mingetty", since
- that is the manual page more likely to be found on current systems.
-
-mtk, after a suggestion by Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
- Updated various header pages to accurately reflect which functions
- are and are not part of C89. Also fixed/improved a few other
- CONFORMING TO entries.
-
-mtk
- s/Unices/Unix systems/ on the 5 pages where it appears.
-
-mtk
- Wrapped long source lines in the following files
- man2/getsockopt.2
- man2/mknodat.2
- man2/io_setup.2
- man2/select_tut.2
- man2/select.2
- man2/readlinkat.2
- man2/io_cancel.2
- man2/syslog.2
- man3/wcsncat.3
- man3/getipnodebyname.3
- man3/cmsg.3
- man3/wcpncpy.3
- man3/wcsrtombs.3
- man3/wcstok.3
- man3/fgetwc.3
- man3/wmemcmp.3
- man3/wcsspn.3
- man3/div.3
- man3/modf.3
- man3/stdio_ext.3
- man3/ctermid.3
- man3/des_crypt.3
- man3/wcsncmp.3
- man3/wmemchr.3
- man3/wcsstr.3
- man3/wmemcpy.3
- man3/wprintf.3
- man3/wcsnrtombs.3
- man3/termios.3
- man3/erf.3
- man3/ceil.3
- man3/lround.3
- man3/nextafter.3
- man3/wcsncpy.3
- man3/wmemset.3
- man3/getw.3
- man4/console_ioctl.4
- man4/sk98lin.4
- man7/environ.7
- man7/unix.7
- man7/time.7
-
-mtk
- Added a SEE ALSO reference for feature_test_macros(7) to all
- pages where a feature test macro appears in the SYNOPSIS.
-
-mtk
- Added SEE ALSO entry pointing to time.7
- alarm.2
- nanosleep.2
- ualarm.3
- usleep.3
-
-Justin Pryzby / mtk
- Fixed consecutive duplicate word typos on a number of pages.
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ Various references to "getty" were changed to "mingetty", since
+ that is the manual page more likely to be found on current systems.
+
+Various pages
+ mtk, after a suggestion by Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
+ Updated various header pages to accurately reflect which functions
+ are and are not part of C89. Also fixed/improved a few other
+ CONFORMING TO entries.
+
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ s/Unices/Unix systems/ on the 5 pages where it appears.
+
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ Wrapped long source lines in the following files
+ getsockopt.2
+ mknodat.2
+ io_setup.2
+ select_tut.2
+ select.2
+ readlinkat.2
+ io_cancel.2
+ syslog.2
+ wcsncat.3
+ getipnodebyname.3
+ cmsg.3
+ wcpncpy.3
+ wcsrtombs.3
+ wcstok.3
+ fgetwc.3
+ wmemcmp.3
+ wcsspn.3
+ div.3
+ modf.3
+ stdio_ext.3
+ ctermid.3
+ des_crypt.3
+ wcsncmp.3
+ wmemchr.3
+ wcsstr.3
+ wmemcpy.3
+ wprintf.3
+ wcsnrtombs.3
+ termios.3
+ erf.3
+ ceil.3
+ lround.3
+ nextafter.3
+ wcsncpy.3
+ wmemset.3
+ getw.3
+ console_ioctl.4
+ sk98lin.4
+ environ.7
+ unix.7
+ time.7
+
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ Added a SEE ALSO reference for feature_test_macros(7) to all
+ pages where a feature test macro appears in the SYNOPSIS.
+
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ Added SEE ALSO entry pointing to time.7
+ alarm.2
+ nanosleep.2
+ ualarm.3
+ usleep.3
+
+Various pages
+ Justin Pryzby / mtk
+ Fixed consecutive duplicate word typos on a number of pages.
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
places. (Special thanks to Nicolas François!)
@@ -5608,7 +5669,8 @@ epoll_ctl.2
faccessat.2
Justin Pryzby
- Various fixes as per Debian bug 411177.
+ Various fixes as per
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=411177
* s/effective/real/ in description text.
* added <fcntl.h> to synopsis.
* various other changes.
@@ -5630,7 +5692,7 @@ io_submit.2
mbind.2
Samuel Thibault / mtk
Fix EINVAL description.
- See Debian bug 411777.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=411777
mincore.2
Nick Piggin
@@ -5664,7 +5726,7 @@ posix_fadvise.2
rename.2
mtk / Timo Sirainen
Various improvements to DESCRIPTION.
- See Debian bug 416012.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=416012
semop.2
mtk
@@ -5707,7 +5769,7 @@ time.2
mtk / Reuben Thomas
Remove sentence "gettimeofday() obsoleting time() on 4.3BSD".
This information is old, and probably no longer relevant.
- See Debian bug 403888.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=403888
write.2
mtk, after an idea from a downstream Fedora patch.
@@ -5752,7 +5814,7 @@ getopt.3
Add a few words to clarify the operation of the GNU-specific
double-colon feature, which allows options to have optional
arguments.
- See Debian bug352139.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352139
glob.3
Nicolas François
@@ -5776,8 +5838,10 @@ malloc.3
posix_openpt.3
Martín Ferrari
- Fix return type in SYNOPSIS; as per Debian bug 400971.
- Needs _XOPEN_SOURCE == 600; as per Debian bug 400975.
+ Fix return type in SYNOPSIS; as per
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400971
+ Needs _XOPEN_SOURCE == 600; as per
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400975
Julien BLACHE
s/ptsname/posix_openpt/ in RETURN VALUE
@@ -5985,12 +6049,14 @@ sentences on new lines).
There is very little change to output formatting or content (see the
notes below).
-mtk
- In various places where it occurred,
- s/nonnegative/non-negative/
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ In various places where it occurred,
+ s/nonnegative/non-negative/
-mtk
- s/wide character/wide-character/ when used attributively.
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ s/wide character/wide-character/ when used attributively.
Changes to individual pages
@@ -5999,7 +6065,7 @@ Changes to individual pages
man.7
Justin Pryzby / Colin Watson / mtk
.SH doesn't require quotes.
- See Debian bug 411303.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=411303
==================== Changes in man-pages-2.49 ====================
@@ -6230,14 +6296,16 @@ Released: 2007-05-28
Global changes
--------------
-mtk
- (Hopefully) all cross references outside a page now include a
- section number. This should permit better resulting output from a
- man2html-type conversion.
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ (Hopefully) all cross references outside a page now include a
+ section number. This should permit better resulting output
+ from a man2html-type conversion.
-mtk
- Convert function formatting of the form "\fBname\fP()" to
- ".BR name ()".
+Various pages
+ mtk
+ Convert function formatting of the form "\fBname\fP()" to
+ ".BR name ()".
Changes to individual pages
@@ -6330,11 +6398,11 @@ Various pages
Various pages
mtk
- Removed HISTORY section, or moved it as a subsection or paragraphs
- under another section e.g., NOTES.
- Reason: there are too many arbitrary section (.SH) names, and
- a HISTORY section never was consistently used across Linux
- manual pages.
+ Removed HISTORY section, or moved it as a subsection or paragraphs
+ under another section e.g., NOTES.
+ Reason: there are too many arbitrary section (.SH) names, and
+ a HISTORY section never was consistently used across Linux
+ manual pages.
Various pages
mtk
@@ -6565,7 +6633,7 @@ man1/README
LDP.7
mtk
Removed this page since it is out of date, and the proper place
- to go for up-to-date information is http://www.tldp.org/.
+ to go for up-to-date information is http://www.tldp.org/
ksoftirq.9
mtk
@@ -6589,7 +6657,8 @@ alloc_hugepages.2
epoll_pwait.2
Michael Berg
- Fix broken link path; Debian bug 425570.
+ Fix broken link path;
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=425570
fcntl.2
mtk
@@ -6633,7 +6702,7 @@ set_tid_address.2
sigaction.2
mtk
- Add EXAMPLE section with a pointer to example in mprotect.2.
+ Add EXAMPLE section with a pointer to example in mprotect.2.
sync_file_range.2
mtk
@@ -6942,7 +7011,7 @@ wprintf.2
utmp.5
Joey Hess
Removed outdated note on xdm.
- See Debian bug 418009.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=418009
Martin (Joey) Schulze
Removed outdated note about Debian and libc5.
@@ -6953,7 +7022,7 @@ bootparam.7
hier.7
Joey Hess
Add /media, remove /dos.
- See Debian bug 418234.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=418234
inotify.7
mtk
@@ -7021,7 +7090,7 @@ Global changes
Many pages
mtk
- Fix section numbers in page cross references.
+ Fix section numbers in page cross references.
Changes to individual pages
@@ -7052,7 +7121,8 @@ ioctl.2
modify_ldt.2
Samuel Thibault / mtk
In Linux 2.6, the 'modify_ldt_ldt_s' structure was renamed
- 'user_desc'. See Debian bug 378668.
+ 'user_desc'.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=378668
mtk
Include definition of 'user_desc' structure.
Minor rewordings.
@@ -7190,7 +7260,7 @@ readahead.2
mtk
Added VERSIONS section.
-remap_file_pages
+remap_file_pages.2
mtk
Updated VERSIONS section with text on glibc support.
@@ -7293,7 +7363,8 @@ Global changes
--------------
Various pages
- Wrapped lines in some files.
+ mtk
+ Wrapped lines in some files.
Various pages
mtk
@@ -7368,7 +7439,7 @@ getsockopt.2
listen.2
socket.2
socketpair.2
- mtk after a note by Martin (Joey) Schulze
+ mtk after a note by Martin (Joey) Schulze
Add NOTES paragraph noting that <sys/types.h> isn't required by
POSIX.1-2001 or Linux, but was required on some implementations.
@@ -7492,8 +7563,8 @@ gethostid.2
idle.2
mtk
- Made NOTES text into a VERSIONS section, since that's what it
- really describes.
+ Made NOTES text into a VERSIONS section, since that's what it
+ really describes.
ioperm.2
mtk
@@ -7509,8 +7580,8 @@ killpg.2
intro.2
mtk
- Rewrite to reflect the fact that the _syscallN
- macros are no longer available.
+ Rewrite to reflect the fact that the _syscallN
+ macros are no longer available.
io_cancel.2
mtk
@@ -7645,11 +7716,11 @@ rtnetlink.3
scanf.3
Florian Ernst
Fix duplicated word "the".
- (Really fix Debian bug 412467!)
+ (Really fix http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=412467 !)
select_tut.3
mtk
- Small wording change.
+ Small wording change.
setnetgrent.3
mtk
@@ -7672,7 +7743,7 @@ strstr.3
syslog.3
mtk
- Small wording change.
+ Small wording change.
termios.3
@@ -7721,7 +7792,7 @@ sem_overview.7
socket.7
Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>
Document argument type for SO_REUSEADDR.
- See Debian bug 255881.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=255881
uri.7
mtk
@@ -7757,8 +7828,9 @@ Many many pages
mtk
Many many formatting fixes.
-Stepan Kasal
- Add section number to .TH line for POSIX pages in man[013]p.
+man[013]p/*
+ Stepan Kasal
+ Add section number to .TH line for POSIX pages in man[013]p.
==================== Changes in man-pages-2.63 ====================
@@ -8070,10 +8142,9 @@ undocumented.3
proc.5
mtk
Update/correct text on /proc/malloc.
- mtk, after a note by Pierre Habouzit, and a few comments
- by Justin Pryzby
+ mtk, after a note by Pierre Habouzit, and a few comments by Justin Pryzby
Update description of /proc/PID/stat to match 2.6.21.
- See Debian bug 417933.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417933
inotify.7
mtk
@@ -8406,7 +8477,8 @@ Various pages
Various pages
Nicolas François
- Spelling and formatting fixes, as per Debian bug 439560.
+ Spelling and formatting fixes, as per
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=439560
intro.2
select.2
@@ -8469,7 +8541,7 @@ timercmp.3
timerisset.3
timersub.3
mtk
- Links to new timeradd.3.
+ Links to new timeradd.3.
Changes to individual pages
@@ -8496,12 +8568,12 @@ get_mempolicy.2
removed cautionary note that use of MPOL_F_NODE|MPOL_F_ADDR
is not supported. This is no longer true.
- added mmap(2) to See Also list.
+ added mmap(2) to SEE ALSO list.
getitimer.2
mtk
- Since kernel 2.6.22, Linux setitimer() now conforms to POSIX.1,
- giving an EINVAL error for a non-canonical tv_usec value.
+ Since kernel 2.6.22, Linux setitimer() now conforms to POSIX.1,
+ giving an EINVAL error for a non-canonical tv_usec value.
gettimeofday.2
mtk
@@ -8536,14 +8608,14 @@ mbind.2
added all errors currently returned by sys call.
- added mmap(2), shmget(2), shmat(2) to See Also list.
+ added mmap(2), shmget(2), shmat(2) to SEE ALSO list.
mmap.2
mprotect.2
François Diakhate
Add text noting that PROT_WRITE may (and on x86 does)
imply PROT_READ.
- See Debian bug 441387.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=441387
nfsservctl.2
Aleksandr Koltsoff
@@ -8605,7 +8677,7 @@ set_mempolicy.2
added all errors currently returned by sys call.
- added mmap(2) to See Also list.
+ added mmap(2) to SEE ALSO list.
sigaction.2
mtk
@@ -8620,7 +8692,7 @@ stat.2
swapon.2
Michael Prokop
EINVAL also occurs if target path is on tmpfs or similar.
- See Debian bug 435885.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=435885
sync.2
mtk
@@ -8637,14 +8709,14 @@ uname.2
utime.2
Vincent Lefevre / mtk
Clarify utimes() behaviour when 'times' is NULL.
- See Debian bug 431480.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=431480
mtk
Other minor clarifications of description of utimes().
copysign.3
Vincent Lefevre
s/sign/sign bit/ to remove ambiguity in description.
- See Debian bug 435415.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=435415
euidaccess.3
mtk
@@ -8716,7 +8788,7 @@ isgreater.3
lgamma.3
Vincent Lefevre
Fix CONFORMING TO section.
- See Debian bug 417592.
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417592
log1p.3
mtk
@@ -8890,7 +8962,7 @@ New pages
fallocate.2
David Chinner, with some input from Amit Amora and mtk
- Describes the fallocate() system call, new in 2.6.23.
+ Describes the fallocate() system call, new in 2.6.23.
Changes to individual pages
@@ -8972,7 +9044,6 @@ Global changes
Change all occurrences of my email address in man-pages source
to my new gmail address.
-
Many many pages
Maxime Vaudequin
I noticed useless use of macros with alternating formatting
@@ -9036,7 +9107,8 @@ readlinkat.2
renameat.2
symlinkat.2
mkfifoat.3
- mtk, after Debian bug 445436 by Timo Juhani Lindfors
+ mtk, after http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=445436
+ by Timo Juhani Lindfors
Added <fcntl.h> to SYNOPSIS.
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several places.
@@ -9119,17 +9191,17 @@ dlopen.3
Added "Link with -ldl." to SYNOPSIS.
getaddrinfo.3
- Ulrich Drepper /mtk
- Remove references to getipnodebyname.3 and getipnodebyaddr.3.
+ Ulrich Drepper /mtk
+ Remove references to getipnodebyname.3 and getipnodebyaddr.3.
gethostbyname.3
- mtk / Ulrich Drepper
- Remove SEE ALSO references to getipnodebyname.3 and
- getipnodebyaddr.3.
+ mtk / Ulrich Drepper
+ Remove SEE ALSO references to getipnodebyname.3 and
+ getipnodebyaddr.3.
- Pádraig Brady / mtk / Ulrich Drepper
- Point out that the functions described on this page
- are made obsolete by getadrinfo(3) and getnameinfo(3).
+ Pádraig Brady / mtk / Ulrich Drepper
+ Point out that the functions described on this page
+ are made obsolete by getadrinfo(3) and getnameinfo(3).
getipnodebyname.3
mtk
@@ -9162,7 +9234,7 @@ setbuf.3
sigset.3
mtk
The sigset() bugs were fixed in glibc 2.5.
- See http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1951.
+ See http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1951
intro.4
mtk
@@ -9401,14 +9473,15 @@ proc.5
utmp.5
Alain Portal
- Various references to "getty" were changed to "mingetty", since
- that is the manual page more likely to be found on current
- systems. (Completes changes that were made in man-pages-2.44.)
+ Various references to "getty" were changed to "mingetty", since
+ that is the manual page more likely to be found on current
+ systems. (Completes changes that were made in man-pages-2.44.)
iso_8859-2.7
Adam Borowski
- Reverse the 2.68 change (applied by mtk in response to Debian
- bug 445085) that replaced "Sorbian" with "Serbian".
+ Reverse the 2.68 change applied by mtk in response to
+ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=445085
+ that replaced "Sorbian" with "Serbian".
(Sorbian is a language of 50000 people in Brandenburg.)
man-pages.7
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