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==================== 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.k, 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/
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