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==================== Changes in man-pages-3.28 ====================
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==================== Changes in man-pages-3.29 ====================
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Released: 2010-10-04, Munich
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Released: ????-??-??, Munich
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Contributors
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@ -9,15 +9,6 @@ Contributors
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The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have
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been incorporated in changes in this release:
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Andries E. Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
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Denis Barbier <bouzim@gmail.com>
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Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
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Landijk <landijk-user@yahoo.com>
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Lennart Poettering <mzjro@0pointer.net>
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Michael Haardt <michael@moria.de>
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Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
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Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@courier-mta.com>
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Apologies if I missed anyone!
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@ -25,249 +16,19 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone!
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New and rewritten pages
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-----------------------
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getaddrinfo_a.3
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Petr Baudis
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New page documenting getaddrinfo_a()
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The page also documents gai_suspend(), gai_cancel(),
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and gai_error().
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aio.7
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Michael Kerrisk
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New page providing an overview of POSIX asynchronous I/O
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Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
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---------------------------------------------
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exec.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Document execpe()
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This function was added to glibc in version 2.11.
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Also various other small rewrites in the page.
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New and changed links
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---------------------
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gai_cancel.3
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gai_error.3
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gai_suspend.3
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Petr Baudis
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New links to new getaddrinfo_a.3 page
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error_one_per_line.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Fix misnamed link file (was error_on_per_line.3)
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execvpe.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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New link to exec.3
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sigstack.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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New link to sigaltstack.2
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No new programs should use sigstack(3). Point the user to the
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better sigalstack(2), whose man page briefly mentions sigstack(3).
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vlimit.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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New link to getrlimit.2
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No new programs should use vlimit(3). Point the user to the
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better setrlimit(2), whose man page briefly mentions vlimit(3).
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vtimes.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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New link to getrusage.2
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No new programs should use vtimes(3). Point the user to the
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better getrusage(2), whose man page briefly mentions vtimes(3).
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Global changes
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--------------
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Various pages
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Michael Kerrisk
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Switch to American usage: "-wards" ==> "-ward"
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American English uses "afterward" in preference to "afterwards",
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and so on
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chdir.2
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chmod.2
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chown.2
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gethostname.2
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getsid.2
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pread.2
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setpgid.2
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sigaltstack.2
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stat.2
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truncate.2
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wait.2
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dirfd.3
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getsubopt.3
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mkdtemp.3
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mkstemp.3
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siginterrupt.3
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strdup.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Simplify feature test macro requirements
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Changes to individual pages
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---------------------------
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getrlimit.2
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Michael Kerrisk
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Add mention of the ancient vlimit() function
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getrusage.2
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Michael Kerrisk
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Add mention of the ancient vtimes() function
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io_cancel.2
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io_destroy.2
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io_getevents.2
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io_setup.2
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io_submit.2
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Michael Kerrisk
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SEE ALSO: add aio(7)
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sched_setscheduler.2
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Michael Kerrisk
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ERRORS: note that NULL 'param' yields EINVAL
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stat.2
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Michael Kerrisk
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Note feature test macro requirements for blkcnt_t and blksize_t
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timer_create.2
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Michael Kerrisk
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Standardize on name 'sevp' for sigevent argument
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truncate.2
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Michael Kerrisk
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Correct and simplify ftruncate() feature test macro requirements
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The glibc 2.12 feature test macro requirements for ftruncate() are
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buggy; see http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12037.
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Corrected the requirements in the SYNOPSIS, and added a BUGS
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section describing the problem in glibc 2.12.
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aio_cancel.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Add pointer to aio(7) for example program
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Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb structure
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CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
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aio_error.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Wording improvements in RETURN VALUE
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Add pointer to aio(7) for example program
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Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb structure
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CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
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aio_fsync.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb structure
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CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
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aio_read.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Various minor rewordings and additions
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Add pointer to sigevent(7) for details of notification of I/O completion
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Add pointer to aio(7) for example program
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Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb structure
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CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
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aio_return.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Improve description in RETURN VALUE
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Add pointer to aio(7) for example program
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Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb structure
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CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
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aio_suspend.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Various additions and rewordings.
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Give some arguments more meaningful names.
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More explicitly describe the 'nitems' argument.
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Explicitly note that return is immediate if an I/O operation
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has already completed.
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Note that aio_error(3) should be used to scan the aiocb list
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after a successful return.
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Add references to other relevant pages.
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Various other pieces rewritten.
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Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb structure
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CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
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aio_write.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Add pointer to sigevent(7) for details of notification of I/O completion
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Various minor rewordings and additions
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Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb structure
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CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
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clearenv.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Fix error in feature test macro requirements
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dysize.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Remove crufty statement about old SCO bug
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exec.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Add feature test macro requirements for execvpe()
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Rewrite description of PATH and mention _CS_PATH
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Note execvp() and execlp() behavior for filename containing a slash
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getaddrinfo.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Add SEE ALSO reference to new getaddrinfo_a.3 page
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gethostbyname.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Fix formatting of feature test macros
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getw.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Fix feature test macros
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malloc.3
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Landijk
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Remove editorializing comments on memory overcommitting
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See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19332
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Michael Kerrisk
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Various minor reorganizations and wording fix-ups
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mq_notify.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Standardize on name 'sevp' for sigevent argument
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nl_langinfo.3
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Michael Haardt
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Make it clear that nl_langinfo() interacts with setlocale()
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Add an example program
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posix_openpt.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Fix feature test macro requirements
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rand.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Remove duplicate #include in example program
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strtok.3
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Petr Baudis
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Add reference to strtok() example in getaddrinfo(3)
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inotify.7
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Michael Kerrisk
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Added section noting limitations and caveats of inotify
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sigevent.7
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Michael Kerrisk
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Add SEE ALSO reference to new getaddrinfo_a.3 page
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Add SEE ALSO referring to new aio(7) page
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suffixes.7
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Michael Kerrisk
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Change explanation of ".rpm" to "RPM software package"
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275
Changes.old
275
Changes.old
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@ -20548,3 +20548,278 @@ tcp.7
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Michael Kerrisk
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Clarify header file details for SIOCINQ and SIOCOUTQ
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Also note synonymous FIONREAD and TIOCOUTQ.
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==================== Changes in man-pages-3.28 ====================
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Released: 2010-10-04, Munich
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Contributors
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------------
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||||
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The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have
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been incorporated in changes in this release:
|
||||
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Andries E. Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
|
||||
Denis Barbier <bouzim@gmail.com>
|
||||
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
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||||
Landijk <landijk-user@yahoo.com>
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||||
Lennart Poettering <mzjro@0pointer.net>
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||||
Michael Haardt <michael@moria.de>
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||||
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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||||
Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
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||||
Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@courier-mta.com>
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||||
Apologies if I missed anyone!
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||||
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||||
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||||
New and rewritten pages
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||||
-----------------------
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||||
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getaddrinfo_a.3
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Petr Baudis
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||||
New page documenting getaddrinfo_a()
|
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The page also documents gai_suspend(), gai_cancel(),
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and gai_error().
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aio.7
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Michael Kerrisk
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New page providing an overview of POSIX asynchronous I/O
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Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
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||||
---------------------------------------------
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exec.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Document execpe()
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This function was added to glibc in version 2.11.
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Also various other small rewrites in the page.
|
||||
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New and changed links
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---------------------
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gai_cancel.3
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gai_error.3
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gai_suspend.3
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Petr Baudis
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New links to new getaddrinfo_a.3 page
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error_one_per_line.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Fix misnamed link file (was error_on_per_line.3)
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execvpe.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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New link to exec.3
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sigstack.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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New link to sigaltstack.2
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No new programs should use sigstack(3). Point the user to the
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better sigalstack(2), whose man page briefly mentions sigstack(3).
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vlimit.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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New link to getrlimit.2
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No new programs should use vlimit(3). Point the user to the
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better setrlimit(2), whose man page briefly mentions vlimit(3).
|
||||
|
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vtimes.3
|
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Michael Kerrisk
|
||||
New link to getrusage.2
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||||
No new programs should use vtimes(3). Point the user to the
|
||||
better getrusage(2), whose man page briefly mentions vtimes(3).
|
||||
|
||||
|
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Global changes
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--------------
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||||
Various pages
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||||
Michael Kerrisk
|
||||
Switch to American usage: "-wards" ==> "-ward"
|
||||
American English uses "afterward" in preference to "afterwards",
|
||||
and so on
|
||||
|
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chdir.2
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chmod.2
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chown.2
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gethostname.2
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getsid.2
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pread.2
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setpgid.2
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sigaltstack.2
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stat.2
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truncate.2
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wait.2
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dirfd.3
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getsubopt.3
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mkdtemp.3
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mkstemp.3
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siginterrupt.3
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strdup.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Simplify feature test macro requirements
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Changes to individual pages
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---------------------------
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getrlimit.2
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Michael Kerrisk
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Add mention of the ancient vlimit() function
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getrusage.2
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Michael Kerrisk
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Add mention of the ancient vtimes() function
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io_cancel.2
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io_destroy.2
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io_getevents.2
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io_setup.2
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io_submit.2
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Michael Kerrisk
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SEE ALSO: add aio(7)
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sched_setscheduler.2
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Michael Kerrisk
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ERRORS: note that NULL 'param' yields EINVAL
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stat.2
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Michael Kerrisk
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Note feature test macro requirements for blkcnt_t and blksize_t
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timer_create.2
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Michael Kerrisk
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Standardize on name 'sevp' for sigevent argument
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truncate.2
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Michael Kerrisk
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Correct and simplify ftruncate() feature test macro requirements
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The glibc 2.12 feature test macro requirements for ftruncate() are
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buggy; see http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12037.
|
||||
Corrected the requirements in the SYNOPSIS, and added a BUGS
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section describing the problem in glibc 2.12.
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|
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aio_cancel.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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||||
Add pointer to aio(7) for example program
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Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb structure
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CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
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aio_error.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Wording improvements in RETURN VALUE
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Add pointer to aio(7) for example program
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Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb structure
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CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
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aio_fsync.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb structure
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CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
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aio_read.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Various minor rewordings and additions
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Add pointer to sigevent(7) for details of notification of I/O completion
|
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Add pointer to aio(7) for example program
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Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb structure
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CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
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aio_return.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Improve description in RETURN VALUE
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Add pointer to aio(7) for example program
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Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb structure
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CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
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aio_suspend.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Various additions and rewordings.
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Give some arguments more meaningful names.
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More explicitly describe the 'nitems' argument.
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Explicitly note that return is immediate if an I/O operation
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has already completed.
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Note that aio_error(3) should be used to scan the aiocb list
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after a successful return.
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Add references to other relevant pages.
|
||||
Various other pieces rewritten.
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Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb structure
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CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
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aio_write.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Add pointer to sigevent(7) for details of notification of I/O completion
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Various minor rewordings and additions
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Refer the reader to aio(7) for a description of the aiocb structure
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CONFORMING TO: Add POSIX.1-2008; add VERSIONS section
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clearenv.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Fix error in feature test macro requirements
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dysize.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Remove crufty statement about old SCO bug
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exec.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Add feature test macro requirements for execvpe()
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Rewrite description of PATH and mention _CS_PATH
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Note execvp() and execlp() behavior for filename containing a slash
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getaddrinfo.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Add SEE ALSO reference to new getaddrinfo_a.3 page
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gethostbyname.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Fix formatting of feature test macros
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getw.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Fix feature test macros
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malloc.3
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Landijk
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Remove editorializing comments on memory overcommitting
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See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19332
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Michael Kerrisk
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||||
Various minor reorganizations and wording fix-ups
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mq_notify.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Standardize on name 'sevp' for sigevent argument
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nl_langinfo.3
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Michael Haardt
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||||
Make it clear that nl_langinfo() interacts with setlocale()
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Add an example program
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posix_openpt.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Fix feature test macro requirements
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rand.3
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Michael Kerrisk
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Remove duplicate #include in example program
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strtok.3
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Petr Baudis
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Add reference to strtok() example in getaddrinfo(3)
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inotify.7
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Michael Kerrisk
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Added section noting limitations and caveats of inotify
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sigevent.7
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Michael Kerrisk
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Add SEE ALSO reference to new getaddrinfo_a.3 page
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Add SEE ALSO referring to new aio(7) page
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suffixes.7
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Michael Kerrisk
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Change explanation of ".rpm" to "RPM software package"
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