[arch-dev-public] [signoff] man-pages 3.28-1
Stéphane Gaudreault
stephane at archlinux.org
Fri Oct 8 18:05:49 EDT 2010
Le vendredi 08 octobre 2010 14:32:17, Andreas Radke a écrit :
> Upstream update. Please signoff.
>
> -Andy
>
> ==================== Changes in man-pages-3.28 ====================
>
> Released: 2010-10-04, Munich
>
>
> Contributors
> ------------
>
> The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have
> been incorporated in changes in this release:
>
> Andries E. Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer at cwi.nl>
> Denis Barbier <bouzim at gmail.com>
> Jan Kara <jack at suse.cz>
> Landijk <landijk-user at yahoo.com>
> Lennart Poettering <mzjro at 0pointer.net>
> Michael Haardt <michael at moria.de>
> Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages at gmail.com>
> Petr Baudis <pasky at suse.cz>
> Sam Varshavchik <mrsam at courier-mta.com>
>
> Apologies if I missed anyone!
>
>
> New and rewritten pages
> -----------------------
>
> getaddrinfo_a.3
> Petr Baudis
> New page documenting getaddrinfo_a()
> The page also documents gai_suspend(), gai_cancel(),
> and gai_error().
>
> aio.7
> Michael Kerrisk
> New page providing an overview of POSIX asynchronous I/O
>
>
> Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> exec.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Document execpe()
> This function was added to glibc in version 2.11.
> Also various other small rewrites in the page.
>
>
> New and changed links
> ---------------------
>
> gai_cancel.3
> gai_error.3
> gai_suspend.3
> Petr Baudis
> New links to new getaddrinfo_a.3 page
>
> error_one_per_line.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Fix misnamed link file (was error_on_per_line.3)
>
> execvpe.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> New link to exec.3
>
> sigstack.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> New link to sigaltstack.2
> No new programs should use sigstack(3). Point the user to
> the better sigalstack(2), whose man page briefly mentions sigstack(3).
>
> vlimit.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> New link to getrlimit.2
> No new programs should use vlimit(3). Point the user to the
> better setrlimit(2), whose man page briefly mentions
> vlimit(3).
>
> vtimes.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> New link to getrusage.2
> No new programs should use vtimes(3). Point the user to the
> better getrusage(2), whose man page briefly mentions
> vtimes(3).
>
>
> Global changes
> --------------
>
> Various pages
> Michael Kerrisk
> Switch to American usage: "-wards" ==> "-ward"
> American English uses "afterward" in preference to
> "afterwards", and so on
>
> chdir.2
> chmod.2
> chown.2
> gethostname.2
> getsid.2
> pread.2
> setpgid.2
> sigaltstack.2
> stat.2
> truncate.2
> wait.2
> dirfd.3
> getsubopt.3
> mkdtemp.3
> mkstemp.3
> siginterrupt.3
> strdup.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Simplify feature test macro requirements
>
>
> Changes to individual pages
> ---------------------------
>
> getrlimit.2
> Michael Kerrisk
> Add mention of the ancient vlimit() function
>
> getrusage.2
> Michael Kerrisk
> Add mention of the ancient vtimes() function
>
> io_cancel.2
> io_destroy.2
> io_getevents.2
> io_setup.2
> io_submit.2
> Michael Kerrisk
> SEE ALSO: add aio(7)
>
> sched_setscheduler.2
> Michael Kerrisk
> ERRORS: note that NULL 'param' yields EINVAL
>
> stat.2
> Michael Kerrisk
> Note feature test macro requirements for blkcnt_t and blksize_t
>
> timer_create.2
> Michael Kerrisk
> Standardize on name 'sevp' for sigevent argument
>
> truncate.2
> Michael Kerrisk
> Correct and simplify ftruncate() feature test macro requirements
> The glibc 2.12 feature test macro requirements for
> ftruncate() are buggy; see
> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12037. Corrected the
> requirements in the SYNOPSIS, and added a BUGS section describing the
> problem in glibc 2.12.
>
> aio_cancel.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Add pointer to aio(7) for example program
> Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb
> structure CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
>
> aio_error.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Wording improvements in RETURN VALUE
> Add pointer to aio(7) for example program
> Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb
> structure CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
>
> aio_fsync.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb
> structure CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
>
> aio_read.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Various minor rewordings and additions
> Add pointer to sigevent(7) for details of notification of I/O
> completion Add pointer to aio(7) for example program
> Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb
> structure CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
>
> aio_return.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Improve description in RETURN VALUE
> Add pointer to aio(7) for example program
> Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb
> structure CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
>
> aio_suspend.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Various additions and rewordings.
> Give some arguments more meaningful names.
> More explicitly describe the 'nitems' argument.
> Explicitly note that return is immediate if an I/O operation
> has already completed.
> Note that aio_error(3) should be used to scan the aiocb list
> after a successful return.
> Add references to other relevant pages.
> Various other pieces rewritten.
> Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb
> structure CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
>
> aio_write.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Add pointer to sigevent(7) for details of notification of I/O
> completion Various minor rewordings and additions
> Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb
> structure CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
>
> clearenv.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Fix error in feature test macro requirements
>
> dysize.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Remove crufty statement about old SCO bug
>
> exec.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Add feature test macro requirements for execvpe()
> Rewrite description of PATH and mention _CS_PATH
> Note execvp() and execlp() behavior for filename containing a
> slash
>
> getaddrinfo.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Add SEE ALSO reference to new getaddrinfo_a.3 page
>
> gethostbyname.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Fix formatting of feature test macros
>
> getw.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Fix feature test macros
>
> malloc.3
> Landijk
> Remove editorializing comments on memory overcommitting
> See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19332
> Michael Kerrisk
> Various minor reorganizations and wording fix-ups
>
> mq_notify.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Standardize on name 'sevp' for sigevent argument
>
> nl_langinfo.3
> Michael Haardt
> Make it clear that nl_langinfo() interacts with setlocale()
> Add an example program
>
> posix_openpt.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Fix feature test macro requirements
>
> rand.3
> Michael Kerrisk
> Remove duplicate #include in example program
>
> strtok.3
> Petr Baudis
> Add reference to strtok() example in getaddrinfo(3)
>
> inotify.7
> Michael Kerrisk
> Added section noting limitations and caveats of inotify
>
> sigevent.7
> Michael Kerrisk
> Add SEE ALSO reference to new getaddrinfo_a.3 page
> Add SEE ALSO referring to new aio(7) page
>
> suffixes.7
> Michael Kerrisk
> Change explanation of ".rpm" to "RPM software package"
I do not read the man pages, do you ? ;-)
Signoff x86_64
Stéphane
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