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| -rw-r--r-- | man5/proc.5 | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/capabilities.7 | 2 |
5 files changed, 139 insertions, 10 deletions
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ The following people contributed patches/fixes or (noted in brackets in the changelog below) reports, notes and ideas that have been incorporated in changes in this release: +Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> +David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> +Denis Barbier <bouzim@gmail.com> +Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> +Guillem Jover <guillem@hadrons.org> +Jon Grant <jg@jguk.org> +Kevin Lyda <kevin@ie.suberic.net> +Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> +Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> Apologies if I missed anyone! @@ -17,19 +27,138 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone! New and rewritten pages ----------------------- +recvmmsg.2 + Andi Kleen, Michael Kerrisk + New man page for recvmmsg(2) -Newly documented interfaces in existing pages ---------------------------------------------- - - -New and changed links ---------------------- +setns.2 + Eric W. Biederman + New manual page for setns(2) + Michael Kerrisk + Various improvements Global changes -------------- +Various pages + Michael Kerrisk + Global fix: remove spaces around em-dash + Normal English typographical convention is not to have + spaces around em dashes. + +Various pages + Michael Kerrisk + Global fix: s/null pointer/NULL pointer/ + +Various pages + Michael Kerrisk + Global fix: use ORing + Use "ORing", not "OR'ing", nor an italic ".IR OR ing". + +Various pages + Michael Kerrisk + Global fix: consistent use of "null wide character" + Bring more consistency to the discussion of + "[terminating] null wide character" + by writing (at least in the initial use in a page) + "[terminating] null wide character (L'\0')". + +Various pages + Michael Kerrisk + Global fix: consistent use of "null byte" + Bring more consistency to the discussion of + "[terminating] null byte" + by writing (at least in the initial use in a page) + "[terminating] null byte ('\0')". + +mount.2, prctl.2 + Michael Kerrisk + s/task/thread/ for consistency with other pages + Changes to individual pages --------------------------- +lseek.2 + Guillem Jover + CONFORMING TO: Note other systems that have SEEK_HOLE+SEEK_DATA + +recv.2 + Michael Kerrisk + Add mention of recvmmsg(2) + +recvmmsg.2 + Michael Kerrisk + SEE ALSO: add sendmmsg(2) + +send.2 + Michael Kerrisk + CONFORMING TO: POSIX.1-2008 adds MSG_NOSIGNAL + +sigwaitinfo.2 + Michael Kerrisk + Note that attempts to wait for SIGKILL and SIGSTOP are silently ignored + +stat.2 + Michael Kerrisk + Note POSIX.1-2001 and POSIX.1-2008 requirements for lstat() + Michael Kerrisk + Regarding automounter action, add a reference to fstatat(2) + Michael Kerrisk + Clean up text describing which POSIX describes S_IF* constants + +aio_cancel.3 + Michael Kerrisk [Jon Grant] + Clarify meaning of "return status" and "error status" + +gets.3 + Michael Kerrisk + POSIX.1-2008 marks gets() obsolescent + The page formerly erroneously stated that POSIX.1-2008 + removed the specification of this function. + +mbsnrtowcs.3 + Michael Kerrisk + CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008 + This function is specified in the POSIX.1-2008 revision. +regex.3 + Michael Kerrisk [Reuben Thomas] + Change "terminating null" to "terminating null byte" + +stpcpy.3 +stpncpy.3 + Mike Frysinger + Note that these functions are in POSIX.1-2008 + Update the "CONFORMING TO" sections of these functions to + note that they are now part of the POSIX.1-2008 standard. + +stpncpy.3 + Michael Kerrisk + Change "terminating null" to "terminating null byte" + +strcpy.3 + Mike Frysinger + SEE ALSO: Add stpncpy(3) + +strdup.3 + Michael Kerrisk + CONFORMING TO: strndup() is in POSIX.1-2008 + +wcpcpy.3 +wcpncpy.3 +wcsnlen.3 +wcsnrtombs.3 + Michael Kerrisk + CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008 + These functions are specified in the POSIX.1-2008 revision. + +proc.5 + Eric W. Biederman + Document /proc/[pid]/ns/ + Michael Kerrisk + Some edit's to Eric Biederman's /proc/[pid]/ns/ additions + +capabilities.7 + Michael Kerrisk + List setns(2) as an operation allowed by CAP_SYS_ADMIN diff --git a/man2/setns.2 b/man2/setns.2 index d0d5a55cf2..d86755e8f3 100644 --- a/man2/setns.2 +++ b/man2/setns.2 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" Copyright (C) 2011, Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> .\" Licensed under the GPLv2 .\" -.TH SETNS 2 2011-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH SETNS 2 2011-10-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME setns \- reassociate thread with a namespace .SH SYNOPSIS diff --git a/man2/stat.2 b/man2/stat.2 index 572eaa1b7b..9384a615ee 100644 --- a/man2/stat.2 +++ b/man2/stat.2 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ .\" 2007-06-08 mtk: Added example program .\" 2007-07-05 mtk: Added details on underlying system call interfaces .\" -.TH STAT 2 2010-12-03 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH STAT 2 2011-10-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME stat, fstat, lstat \- get file status .SH SYNOPSIS diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index b740a1cadd..251268ce0a 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ .\" to see what information could be imported from that file .\" into this file. .\" -.TH PROC 5 2011-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH PROC 5 2011-10-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME proc \- process information pseudo-file system .SH DESCRIPTION diff --git a/man7/capabilities.7 b/man7/capabilities.7 index 5842c5cc09..f2de3a3831 100644 --- a/man7/capabilities.7 +++ b/man7/capabilities.7 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ .\" 2011-09-07, mtk/Serge hallyn: Add CAP_SYSLOG .\" FIXME: Linux 3.0 added CAP_WAKE_ALARM .\" -.TH CAPABILITIES 7 2011-09-08 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH CAPABILITIES 7 2011-10-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME capabilities \- overview of Linux capabilities .SH DESCRIPTION |