diff --git a/man2/poll.2 b/man2/poll.2 index 7f102eba9..4334da07b 100644 --- a/man2/poll.2 +++ b/man2/poll.2 @@ -387,8 +387,7 @@ The .BR poll () system call was introduced in Linux 2.1.23. On older kernels that lack this system call, -.\" library call was introduced in libc 5.4.28 -the glibc (and the old Linux libc) +the glibc .BR poll () wrapper function provides emulation using .BR select (2). diff --git a/man3/atoi.3 b/man3/atoi.3 index d72df2c09..3536bae29 100644 --- a/man3/atoi.3 +++ b/man3/atoi.3 @@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ POSIX.1-1996 include the functions and .BR atol () only. -.SH NOTES -Linux libc provided -.BR atoq () -as an obsolete name for -.BR atoll (); -.BR atoq () -is not provided by glibc. +.\" .SH NOTES +.\" Linux libc provided +.\" .BR atoq () +.\" as an obsolete name for +.\" .BR atoll (); +.\" .BR atoq () +.\" is not provided by glibc. .\" The .\" .BR atoll () .\" function is present in glibc 2 since version 2.0.2, but diff --git a/man3/gsignal.3 b/man3/gsignal.3 index 2e59767f8..b4511f35e 100644 --- a/man3/gsignal.3 +++ b/man3/gsignal.3 @@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ T} Thread safety MT-Safe sigintr .SH CONFORMING TO These functions are available under AIX, DG/UX, HP-UX, SCO, Solaris, Tru64. They are called obsolete under most of these systems, and are -broken under Linux libc and glibc. +broken under +.\" Linux libc and +glibc. Some systems also have .BR gsignal_r () and diff --git a/man3/posix_memalign.3 b/man3/posix_memalign.3 index 7671ed8d0..742d476bf 100644 --- a/man3/posix_memalign.3 +++ b/man3/posix_memalign.3 @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ The functions .BR valloc (), and .BR pvalloc () -have been available in all Linux libc libraries. +have been available since at least glibc 2.0. .PP The function .BR aligned_alloc () diff --git a/man3/scanf.3 b/man3/scanf.3 index 28084da32..55c65afef 100644 --- a/man3/scanf.3 +++ b/man3/scanf.3 @@ -395,15 +395,15 @@ and assignment does not occur. Matches an optionally signed decimal integer; the next pointer must be a pointer to .IR int . -.TP -.B D -Equivalent to -.IR ld ; -this exists only for backward compatibility. -(Note: thus only in libc4. -In libc5 and glibc the -.B %D -is silently ignored, causing old programs to fail mysteriously.) +.\" .TP +.\" .B D +.\" Equivalent to +.\" .IR ld ; +.\" this exists only for backward compatibility. +.\" (Note: thus only in libc4 +.\" In libc5 and glibc the +.\" .B %D +.\" is silently ignored, causing old programs to fail mysteriously.) .TP .B i Matches an optionally signed integer; the next pointer must be a pointer to