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         Rewrite introductory paragraph.
         Point out that a NaN is commonly returned by functions that report
         a domain error.
+
+
+==================== Changes in man-pages-3.08 ====================
+
+Released: 2008-08-27, Zurich
+
+
+Contributors
+------------
+
+The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have
+been incorporated in changes in this release:
+
+Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
+Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
+Mike Bianchi <MBianchi@foveal.com>
+Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@courier-mta.com>
+Venkatesh Srinivas <me@acm.jhu.edu>
+Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar@bravegnu.org>
+
+Apologies if I missed anyone!
+
+
+New and rewritten pages
+-----------------------
+
+getnetent_r.3
+    mtk
+        Documents getnetent_r(), getnetbyname_r(),
+        and getnetbyaddr_r(), the reentrant equivalents of
+        getnetent(), getnetbyname(), and getnetbyaddr().
+
+getprotoent_r.3
+     mtk
+        Documents getprotoent_r(), getprotobyname_r(), and
+        getprotobynumber_r(), the reentrant equivalents of
+        getprotoent(), getprotobyname(), and getprotobynumber().
+
+getrpcent_r.3
+     mtk
+        Documents getrpcent_r(), getrpcbyname_r(), and
+        getrpcbynumber_r(), the reentrant equivalents of
+        getrpcent(), getrpcbyname(), and getrpcbynumber().
+
+getservent_r.3
+     mtk
+        Documents getservent_r(), getservbyname_r(), and
+        getservbyport_r(), the reentrant equivalents of
+        getservent(), getservbyname(), and getservbyport().
+
+numa.7
+    mtk
+        A new page giving overview details for the Linux NUMA interfaces.
+        Incorporates some material from mbind.2, and the description
+        of /proc/PID/numa_maps from proc.5.
+
+
+Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
+---------------------------------------------
+
+crypt.3
+    mtk
+        Add description of crypt_r().
+
+
+New and changed links
+---------------------
+
+crypt.3
+    mtk
+        New link to crypt.3.
+
+getnetbyname_r.3
+getnetbyaddr_r.3
+    mtk
+        New links to new getnetent_r.3.
+
+getprotobyname_r.3
+getprotobynumber_r.3
+    mtk
+        New links to new getprotoent_r.3.
+
+getrpcbyname_r.3
+getrpcbynumber_r.3
+    mtk
+        New links to new getrpcent_r.3.
+
+getservbyname_r.3
+getservbyport_r.3
+    mtk
+        New links to new getservent_r.3.
+
+numa_maps.5
+    mtk
+        Link to new numa(7) page, which incorporates the
+        /proc/PID/numa_maps description.
+        As part of the numactl() package, the /proc/PID/numa_maps
+        documentation was in a numa_maps.5 page; this link
+        ensures that "man 5 numa_maps" still works.
+        (Eventually, we may want to remove this link.)
+
+
+Global changes
+--------------
+
+get_mempolicy.2
+mbind.2
+move_pages.2
+set_mempolicy.2
+    mtk
+        Add reference to numa(7) for information on library support.
+        Added  a VERSIONS section.
+        SEE ALSO: Add numa(7).
+
+faccessat.2
+fchmodat.2
+fchownat.2
+fstatat.2
+mkdirat.2
+mknodat.2
+linkat.2
+openat.2
+readlinkat.2
+renameat.2
+symlinkat.2
+unlinkat.2
+mkfifoat.3
+psignal.3
+strsignal.3
+    mtk
+        These interfaces are specified in POSIX.1-2008.
+
+
+Changes to individual pages
+---------------------------
+
+eventfd.2
+    Vijay Kumar
+        When an eventfd overflows, select() indicates the file as both
+        readable and writable (not as having an exceptional condition).
+
+fcntl.2
+    mtk
+        F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC is specified in POSIX.1-2008.
+
+getrlimit.2
+    mtk
+        NOTES: Add text mention the shell 'ulimit' (or 'limit')
+        built-in command for setting resource limits.
+
+gettimeofday.2
+    mtk
+        CONFORMING TO: POSIX.1-2008 marks gettimeofday() as obsolete.
+
+link.2
+    mtk
+        Note kernel version where Linux stopped following symbolic
+        links in 'oldpath'; see also http://lwn.net/Articles/294667.
+        POSIX.1-2008 makes it implementation-dependent whether or not
+        'oldpath' is dereferenced if it is a symbolic link.
+        Add a reference to linkat(2) for an interface that allows
+        precise control of the treatment of symbolic links.
+
+mbind.2
+    mtk
+        Remove material on library support and numactl; that material
+        is now in numactl.7.
+
+mmap.2
+    mtk
+        Add kernel version numbers for MAP_32BIT.
+        Add some details on MAP_32BIT (see http://lwn.net/Articles/294642).
+
+move_pages.2
+    mtk
+        Added VERSIONS (from kernel 2.6.18) and CONFORMING TO sections.
+
+open.2
+    mtk
+        O_CLOEXEC is specified in POSIX.1-2008.
+
+socket.2
+    mtk
+        s/d/domain/ for name of argument.
+        Add reference to socket(2) for further information on
+        domain, type, and protocol arguments.
+
+utimensat.2
+    mtk
+        CONFORMING TO: POSIX.1-2008 specifies utimensat() and futimens().
+
+dirfd.3
+    mtk
+        CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; other minor changes.
+
+exec.3
+    mtk
+        Small rewording: "s/returned/failed with/ [an error]".
+
+fmemopen.3
+    mtk
+        Since glibc 2.7, it is possible to seek past the end of
+        a stream created by open_memstream().  Add a BUGS section
+        describing the bug in earlier glibc versions.
+
+gethostbyname.3
+    mtk
+        Clarify exactly which functions are obsoleted by getnameinfo()
+        and getaddrinfo().
+
+getnetent.3
+    mtk
+        Rephrase description in terms of a database, rather than a file.
+        Note that each of the get*() functions opens a connection to
+        the database if necessary.
+        The database connection is held open between get*() calls if
+        'stayopen' is non-zero (not necessarily 1).
+        s/zero terminated list/NULL-terminated list/
+    mtk
+        In glibc 2.2, the type of the 'net' argument for getnetbyaddr()
+        changed from 'long' to 'uint32_t'.
+    mtk
+        Note that the gethostbyaddr() 'net' argument is in host byte order.
+    mtk
+        RETURN VALUE: emphasize that returned pointer points to a
+        statically allocated structure.
+        SEE ALSO: add getnetent_r.3.
+
+getprotoent.3
+    mtk
+        Rephrase description in terms of a database, rather than a file.
+        Note that each of the get*() functions opens a connection to
+        the database if necessary.
+        The database connection is held open between get*() calls if
+        'stayopen' is non-zero (not necessarily 1).
+        s/zero terminated list/NULL-terminated list/
+    mtk
+        RETURN VALUE: emphasize that returned pointer points to a
+        statically allocated structure.
+        SEE ALSO: add getprotoent_r.3.
+
+getrpcent.3
+    mtk
+        s/rpc/RPC/.
+        Rephrase description in terms of a database, rather than a file.
+        Note that each of the get*() functions opens a connection to
+        the database if necessary.
+        s/zero terminated list/NULL-terminated list/
+    mtk
+        RETURN VALUE: emphasize that returned pointer points to a
+        statically allocated structure.
+        SEE ALSO: add getrpcent_r.3.
+
+getservent.3
+    mtk
+        Rephrase description in terms of a database, rather than a file.
+        Note that each of the get*() functions opens a connection to
+        the database if necessary.
+        The database connection is held open between get*() calls if
+        'stayopen' is non-zero (not necessarily 1).
+        s/zero terminated list/NULL-terminated list/
+    mtk
+        RETURN VALUE: emphasize that returned pointer points to a
+        statically allocated structure.
+        SEE ALSO: add getservent_r.3.
+
+mkdtemp.3
+    mtk
+        CONFORMING TO: this function is specified in POSIX.1-2008.
+
+mq_notify.3
+    Venkatesh Srinivas
+        s/sigev_notify_function/sigev_thread_function/
+        as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494956.
+
+realpath.3
+    mtk
+        Relocate text for resolved_path==NULL case to DESCRIPTION.
+        POSIX.1-2001 leaves the resolved_path==NULL case as
+        implementation-defined; POSIX.1-2008 specifies the behavior
+        described in this man page.
+
+sem_init.3
+    mtk
+        POSIX.1-2008 rectifies the POSIX.1-2001 omission, specifying
+        that zero is returned by a successful sem_init() call.
+
+core.5
+    Mike Bianchi / mtk
+        Make the page more helpful to non-programmers by referencing
+        the documentation of the shell's 'ulimit' command in the
+        discussion of RLIMIT_CORE and RLIMIT_FSIZE.
+        SEE ALSO: Add bash(1).
+    mtk
+        Note that a core dump file can be used in a debugger.
+
+proc.5
+    mtk
+        Remove /proc/PID/numa_maps material (it is now in numa(7)).
+
+cpuset.7
+    mtk
+        SEE ALSO: Add numa(7).
+
+inotify.7
+    mtk / Li Zefan
+         Explain bug that occurred in coalescing identical events in
+         kernels before 2.6.25.
+         (See commit 1c17d18e3775485bf1e0ce79575eb637a94494a2
+         "A potential bug in inotify_user.c" in the 2.6.25 Changelog.)
+
+pthreads.7
+    mtk
+        Update thread-safe functions list with changes in POSIX.1-2008.
+        SEE ALSO: add proc(5).
+
+signal.7
+    mtk
+        Update list of async-sygnal-safe functions for POSIX.1-2008.