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 spufs.7
     Jeremy Kerr
         Add a little information about the differences to mbox.
+
+
+==================== Changes in man-pages-2.75 ====================
+
+Released: 2008-01-08
+
+
+Contributors
+------------
+
+The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have
+been incorporated in changes in this release:
+
+Alain Portal <aportal@univ-montp2.fr>
+Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
+Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se>
+Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
+Justin Pryzby <jpryzby+d@quoinic.com>
+Phil Endecott <spam_from_debian_bugs_4@chezphil.org>
+Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@courier-mta.com>
+Thomas Huriaux <thomas.huriaux@gmail.com>
+Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>
+Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
+
+Apologies if I missed anyone!
+
+
+Global changes
+--------------
+
+Various pages
+    mtk
+        (Grammatical) hyphenation was fixed in many places.
+
+epoll_wait.2, Acked by Andi Kleen
+mbind.2
+spu_run.2
+ecvt.3
+fmtmsg.3
+getnameinfo.3
+rtc.4
+proc.5
+charsets.7
+ip.7
+ipv6.7
+raw.7
+uri.7
+    Justin Pryzby / mtk
+        Fix incorrect usage of "a" and "an" before following vowel /
+        consonant, by reviewing the output of the following scripts:
+
+            for a in  $(wc */*.? | awk '$1 > 10 {print $4}' | gv total); do
+                echo $a
+                MANWIDTH=4000 man -l $a 2>/dev/null |
+                        egrep '(^| )an [^aeiou][a-z]'
+            done | less
+
+            for a in  $(wc */*.? | awk '$1 > 10 {print $4}' | gv total); do
+                echo $a
+                MANWIDTH=4000 man -l $a 2>/dev/null | \
+                        egrep '(^| )a [aeiou][a-z]'
+            done| less
+
+err.3
+fts.3
+queue.3
+rcmd.3
+rexec.3
+stdin.3
+elf.5
+    mtk, after a note by Alain Portal
+        Improve macros used in 2.71 to convert from "mdoc" to "man".
+
+_exit.2
+chroot.2
+getgid.2
+getpid.2
+getrusage.2
+getsid.2
+gettid.2
+getuid.2
+iopl.2
+kill.2
+personality.2
+pivot_root.2
+ptrace.2
+sched_setparam.2
+sched_setscheduler.2
+sched_yield.2
+seteuid.2
+setgid.2
+setpgid.2
+setresuid.2
+setreuid.2
+setuid.2
+unlink.2
+wait.2
+openpty.3
+raise.3
+setlogmask.3
+sleep.3
+ttyslot.3
+ulimit.3
+tty.4
+tty_ioctl.4
+path_resolution.7
+    mtk
+        s/current process/calling process/
+
+cacheflush.2
+clone.2
+fcntl.2
+getitimer.2
+getrlimit.2
+mmap.2
+mprotect.2
+times.2
+adjtime.3
+byteorder.3
+inet.3
+offsetof.3
+rtc.4
+icmp.7
+pipe.7
+time.7
+    mtk
+        s/x86/i386/ since that is the name used in 'arch' directories
+        in the kernel source, and previously both i386 and x86 were both
+        used in man pages; also nowadays 'x86' is somewhat ambiguous,
+        since it is the name of the 'arch' directory for i386 and x86-64.
+
+conj.3
+cacos.3
+cacosh.3
+cabs.3
+carg.3
+casin.3
+casinh.3
+catan.3
+catanh.3
+ccos.3
+ccosh.3
+cexp.3
+cimag.3
+clog.3
+cosh.3
+creal.3
+csin.3
+csinh.3
+ctan.3
+ctanh.3
+sinh.3
+tanh.3
+    mtk
+        Various reformattings.
+
+Various pages
+    Alain Portal
+        Formating fixes.
+
+mlock.2
+mprotect.2
+mpool.3
+offsetof.3
+    Alain Portal
+        Format SYNOPSIS in a manner consistent with other pages.
+
+Various pages
+    mtk / Alain Portal
+        Format casts so that there is a non-breaking space after the
+        type, and remove unnecessary parentheses around the casted value.
+        Thus, for example, the following:
+
+            .IR "(size_t) (\-1)" .
+
+        becomes:
+
+            .IR "(size_t)\ \-1" .
+
+Various pages
+    mtk / Alain Portal
+        Replace "-" by "\-" where a real dash is required.
+
+Various pages
+    mtk
+        Make the formatting of instances of '*varname' consistent, changing
+        instances such as:
+
+            .RI * varname
+
+        to:
+
+            .I *varname
+
+pciconfig_read.2
+nfsservctl.2
+bstring.3
+cpow.3
+getipnodebyname.3
+getpwnam.3
+getrpcent.3
+lsearch.3
+malloc_hook.3
+mpool.3
+stdin.3
+strtol.3
+strtoul.3
+unlocked_stdio.3
+regex.3
+sd.4
+resolv.conf.5
+utmp.5
+futex.7
+    mtk
+        Format SYNOPSIS consistently.
+
+drand48.3
+drand48_r.3
+flockfile.3
+erf.3
+sigvec.3
+timeradd.3
+wprintf.3
+    mtk, after a note by Alain Portal
+        Standardize sentence used under "Feature Test Macro Requirements"
+        when referring to all functions shown in the SYNOPSIS.
+
+get_kernel_syms.2
+getdents.2
+getitimer.2
+nanosleep.2
+query_module.2
+statvfs.2
+clock_getres.3
+getaddrinfo.3
+getgrent.3
+getipnodebyname.3
+console_ioctl.4
+tty_ioctl.4
+rtnetlink.7
+    mtk
+        Indent structure definitions by +4n.
+
+recv.2
+btree.3
+dbopen.3
+ether_aton.3
+fts.3
+hash.3
+mpool.3
+profil.3
+rcmd.3
+recno.3
+rpc.3
+xdr.3
+console_ioctl.4
+ddp.7
+ip.7
+ipv6.7
+svipc.7
+    mtk
+        Use C99 standard types in declarations.
+            s/u_long/unsigned long/
+            s/ulong/unsigned long/
+            s/u_char/unsigned char/
+            s/u_short/unsigned short/
+            s/ushort/unsigned short/
+            s/u_int8_t/uint8_t/
+            s/u_int16_t/uint16_t/
+            s/u_int32_t/uint32_t/
+            s/u_int/unsigned int/
+
+exit_group.2
+fallocate.2
+getdents.2
+ioctl_list.2
+nfsservctl.2
+sched_setaffinity.2
+set_tid_address.2
+ustat.2
+argz_add.3
+confstr.3
+envz_add.3
+getline.3
+getpwnam.3
+gets.3
+getw.3
+inet_ntop.3
+inet_pton.3
+offsetof.3
+console_ioctl.4
+termcap.5
+ascii.7
+feature_test_macros.7
+netlink.7
+operator.7
+svipc.7
+   mtk
+       Fix unbalanced .nf/.fi pairs.
+
+chmod.2
+getxattr.2
+listxattr.2
+lseek.2
+removexattr.2
+setxattr.2
+stat.2
+feature_test_macros.7
+fpathconf.3
+fopen.3
+
+    mtk
+        Rename argument: s/file*des/fd/ , since that is the name most
+        commonly used on man pages for a file descriptor argument.
+
+bindresvport.3
+des_crypt.3
+getopt.3
+getrpcent.3
+realpath.3
+rpc.3
+xdr.3
+    mtk
+        Removed .SM macros.
+
+madvise.2
+getdirentries.3
+printf.3
+sigvec.3
+    mtk
+        Remove extraneous .br macro before/after .SH/.SS.
+
+_syscall.2
+lookup_dcookie.2
+aio_cancel.3
+aio_error.3
+aio_fsync.3
+aio_read.3
+aio_return.3
+aio_write.3
+canonicalize_file_name.3
+envz_add.3
+getgrouplist.3
+getttyent.3
+key_setsecret.3
+mtrace.3
+tcgetpgrp.3
+tcgetsid.3
+ttyslot.3
+tty_ioctl.4
+    mtk
+        Remove extraneous .sp macros.
+
+fcntl.2
+outb.2
+send.2
+syscalls.2
+getopt.3
+proc.5
+man-pages.7
+standards.7
+tcp.7
+    mtk
+        Remove/replace extraneous .sp macros.
+
+Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several places.
+
+
+Changes to individual pages
+---------------------------
+
+_syscall.2
+    mtk
+      Nowadays there are seven macros (see 2.74 change log also).
+
+arch_prctl.2
+    mtk, Acked by Andi Kleen
+        Clarify interpretation of 'addr'; plus a few other minor edits
+        and updates.
+
+bind.2
+    mtk
+        Minor rewrites.
+
+close.2
+    mtk
+        Clarify relationship between file descriptor and open file
+        description.
+
+connect.2
+    mtk, Acked by Andi Kleen
+        Since kernel 2.2, AF_UNSPEC for unconnecting a connected
+        socket *is* supported.
+
+execve.2
+    Alain Portal
+        Minor rewordings.
+
+futimesat.2
+    Alain Portal
+        Remove duplicate "#include <fcntl.h>" from SYNOPSIS.
+
+getgid.2
+    mtk
+        Add getresgid(2) and credentials(7) to SEE ALSO.
+
+getpagesize.2
+    mtk
+        Small rewording.
+
+getresuid.2
+    mtk
+        Rewrote various parts.
+
+getuid.2
+    mtk
+        Add getresuid(2) and credentials(7) to SEE ALSO.
+
+ioctl_list.2
+    Alain Portal
+        Use proper tables for layout, and various formatting fixes.
+    mtk
+        Various formatting fixes.
+
+listen.2
+    mtk
+        Rewrote various parts.
+
+mbind.2
+    Andi Kleen / mtk / Alain Portal
+        Modify explanation of EINVAL 'maxnode' error.
+
+mmap.2
+    mtk
+        Add comma to clarify meaning of a sentence.
+
+open.2
+    mtk
+        Clarify initial description of O_EXCL.
+        Clarify description of behaviors of O_CREAT | O_EXCL
+        for symbolic links.
+        Clarify text describing use of lockfiles without O_EXCL.
+    mtk, with input from Timo Sirainen and Trond Myklebust
+        O_EXCL is supported on NFSv3 and later, with Linux 2.6 and later.
+
+pipe.2
+    mtk
+        Rename 'filedes' argument 'pipefd'.
+
+pivot_root.2
+    mtk
+        s/cwd/current working directory/
+
+seteuid.2
+    mtk
+        Minor changes.
+
+setpgid.2
+    mtk
+        Add credentials(7) to SEE ALSO, and updated copyright credits,
+        to reflect my rewrite of a few months ago.
+
+setsid.2
+    mtk
+        Add getsid(2) and credentials(7) to SEE ALSO.
+
+spu_create.2
+    Alain Portal / mtk; acked by Jeremy Kerr
+        Minor formatting/wording changes.
+    mtk
+        Put EPERM in right alphabetical position in ERRORS list.
+
+argz_add.3
+    mtk
+        Formatting fixes.
+
+atexit.3
+    mtk
+        Minor changes to example program.
+
+cerf.3
+    mtk
+        These functions are still not present as at glibc 2.7.
+
+dbopen.3
+    Alain Portal / mtk
+        Various minor spelling and formatting fixes.
+
+envz_add.3
+    mtk
+        Formatting fixes.
+
+fexecve.3
+    mtk
+        Fix placement of feature test macro in SYNOPSIS.
+
+fmax.3
+fmin.3
+    mtk
+        Small rewording.
+
+getline.3
+    mtk
+        Minor changes to example program.
+
+getrpcent.3
+getrpcport.3
+    mtk
+        Use modern C prototypes in SYNOPSIS.
+
+getutent.3
+    Alain Portal / mtk
+        Formatting fixes.
+
+mbsnrtowcs.3
+mbsrtowcs.3
+mbstowcs.3
+    mtk
+        Use .IP tags to create properly formatted lists.
+
+rpc.3
+    mtk
+        Convert function declarations to use modern C prototypes.
+        Add text and start of page describing header files
+        and types required by functions.
+        Reformat discussion of request under clnt_control().
+
+xdr.3
+    mtk
+        Convert function declarations to use modern C prototypes.
+        Remove crufty "int empty" from xdrrec_eof() description.
+
+console_codes.4
+    Phil Endecott
+        Relocate misplaced line:
+            "and if LF/NL (new line mode) is set also a carriage return;"
+        as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=458338.
+
+console_ioctl.4
+    mtk
+        Formatting fixes.
+
+bootparam.7
+    mtk, after a note by Alan Portal
+        Fix reference to kernel documentation source file in the
+        "The Sound Driver" subsection.
+
+man-pages.7
+    Alain Portal
+        Move CONFIGURATION description after SYNOPSIS description.
+    mtk / Alain Portal
+        Note that header files should be surrounded by angle brackets (<>).
+
+posixoptions.7
+    mtk
+        Minor formatting and wording fixes.
+
+rtnetlink.7
+    Andreas Henriksson
+        Fix description of RTM_F_EQUALIZE.
+        as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=458325.
+
+signal.7
+    mtk
+        Minor formatting and wording fixes.
+
+socket.7
+    mtk
+        Small rewording of discussion of O_ASYNC.
+
+spufs.7
+    mtk / Jeremy Kerr / Alain Portal
+        s/SPE/SPU/