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==================== Changes in man-pages-3.35 ==================== ==================== Changes in man-pages-3.36 ====================
Released: 2011-10-04, Munich Released: ????-??-??, Munich
Contributors Contributors
@ -10,16 +10,6 @@ The following people contributed patches/fixes or (noted in brackets
in the changelog below) reports, notes and ideas that have been in the changelog below) reports, notes and ideas that have been
incorporated in changes in this release: 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! Apologies if I missed anyone!
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New and rewritten pages New and rewritten pages
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recvmmsg.2
Andi Kleen, Michael Kerrisk
New man page for recvmmsg(2)
setns.2 Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
Eric W. Biederman ---------------------------------------------
New manual page for setns(2)
Michael Kerrisk
Various improvements New and changed links
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Global changes 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 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

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signal.7 signal.7
Michael Kerrisk Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: Add rt_sigqueueinfo(2) SEE ALSO: Add rt_sigqueueinfo(2)
==================== Changes in man-pages-3.35 ====================
Released: 2011-10-04, Munich
Contributors
------------
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!
New and rewritten pages
-----------------------
recvmmsg.2
Andi Kleen, Michael Kerrisk
New man page for recvmmsg(2)
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