From d46e2e6aaaa3551db85ce2b1db8b2037629361c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:29:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Start of 2.27 --- Changes | 166 +-------------------------------- Changes.old | 202 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ man-pages-2.27.Announce | 2 +- man-pages-2.27.lsm | 4 +- 4 files changed, 207 insertions(+), 167 deletions(-) diff --git a/Changes b/Changes index 20413c79d..a1560e36f 100644 --- a/Changes +++ b/Changes @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -==================== Changes in man-pages-2.26 ==================== +==================== Changes in man-pages-2.27 ==================== -Released: 2006-03-21 +Released: 2006-??-?? Contributors ------------ @@ -8,39 +8,12 @@ Contributors The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have been incorporated in changes in this release: -Alain Portal -Andi Kleen -Andries Brouwer -Christoph Lameter -Hasso Tepper -Justin Pryzby -Martin (Joey) Schulze -Nicolas Francois -Paul Brook -Siward de Groot -Steve Beattie -Walter Harms Apologies if I missed anyone! Global changes -------------- -clone.2 -getdents.2 -gettid.2 -llseek.2 -mmap2.2 -modify_ldt.2 -pivot_root.2 -quotactl.2 -readdir.2 -sysctl.2 -syslog.2 -tkill.2 - mtk, aeb, Steve Beattie - Added comment in SYNOPSIS to note that syscall(2) may be - preferable over _syscallN (see intro(2)). Various minor formatting changes were done on a range of pages in Section 7. (No content was changed.) @@ -48,36 +21,10 @@ pages in Section 7. (No content was changed.) New pages --------- -intro.2 - mtk, aeb, Steve Beattie - Added some notes on syscall(2) versus _syscall. - -openat.2 - mtk - New page describing openat(2), added in kernel 2.6.16, - and some notes on rationale for the at*(2) system calls. - -mbind.2 - Andi Kleen, Christoph Lameter, mtk - Added MPOL_MF_MOVE and MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL descriptions, - from numactl-0.9.2 man page. - Plus a few other smaller fixes. - ushare.2 mtk New page describing unshare(2), added in kernel 2.6.16. -fexecve.3 - mtk - New page describing fexecve(3). - -futimes.3 - mtk - New page describing futimes(3). - -undocumented.3 - mtk - Updated to remove a few function names that are now documented. Changes to individual pages --------------------------- @@ -87,112 +34,3 @@ fork.2 vfork.2 mtk Added SEE ALSO pointing to new unshare.2. - -execve.2 - mtk - Added SEE ALSO pointing to new fexecve.3. - -msgctl.2 -msgget.2 -msgop.2 - mtk - Added SEE ALSO pointing to mq_overview.7. - -open.2 - mtk - Added SEE ALSO pointing to new openat.2. - - Split out part of the RETURN VALUE text into separate - NOTES section. - - Modified wording referring that refers to raw(8) to - indicate that this interface is deprecated. - -poll.2 - mtk - Added discussion of ppoll(2), which is new in 2.6.16. - -ppoll.2 - mtk - New link to poll.2. - -recvmsg.2 -sendmsg.2 - mtk / Paul Brook - Added text to note that although POSIX says msg_controllen - should be socklen_t, glibc actually uses size_t. - See Debian bug 356502 and the associated glibc bug report. - http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2448. - mtk - Various formatting fixes. - -select.2 - mtk - Updated to reflect the fact that pselect() has been implemented - in the kernel in 2.6.16; various other minor wording changes. - - pselect() prototype needs "#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600". - -tempnam.3 - Justin Pryzby - Clean up description of EEXIST error. - Debian bug 357893 - -unlink.2 - mtk - Added a little extra text to clarify EISDIR vs EPERM. - -utime.2 - mtk - Added new SEE ALSO entry pointing to new futimes.3 page. - -exec.3 - mtk - Added SEE ALSO pointing to new fexecve.3. - -shm_unlink.3 - mtk - New link to shm_open.3 (should have been made when page - was originally written). - -swab.3 - Walter Harms - Add needed "#define _XOPEN_SOURCE". - -capabilities.7 - mtk - Various changes to bring this page closer to - current kernel versions. - -inotify.7 - mtk - Noted that glibc 2.4 is required to get glibc support - for inotify. - -mq_overview.7 - mtk - Some rewording and added a few words about System V - message queues. - -netlink.7 - Hasso Tepper - Substantial updates to various parts of this page. - mtk, Alain Portal - Minor fixes - -pthreads.7 - mtk - Updated to reflect that the NPTL limitation that only the main - thread could call setsid() and setpgid() was removed in 2.6.16. - -raw.7 - Hasso Tepper - Removed text implying that only in kernel 2.2 does IP_HDRINCL - prevent datagrams from being fragmented. - -socket.7 - mtk - Documented SO_SNDBUFFORCE and SO_RCVBUFFORCE socket options, - new in 2.6.14. - - Placed socket options in alphabetical order. diff --git a/Changes.old b/Changes.old index 0d7c4e31c..9990b8609 100644 --- a/Changes.old +++ b/Changes.old @@ -3153,3 +3153,205 @@ proc.5 inotify.7 Marten von Gagern Fix thinko: s/assuming a non-blocking/assuming a blocking/ + + +==================== Changes in man-pages-2.27 ==================== + +Released: 2006-??-?? + +Contributors +------------ + +The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have +been incorporated in changes in this release: + +Alain Portal +Andi Kleen +Andries Brouwer +Christoph Lameter +Hasso Tepper +Justin Pryzby +Martin (Joey) Schulze +Nicolas Francois +Paul Brook +Siward de Groot +Steve Beattie +Walter Harms + +Apologies if I missed anyone! + +Global changes +-------------- + +clone.2 +getdents.2 +gettid.2 +llseek.2 +mmap2.2 +modify_ldt.2 +pivot_root.2 +quotactl.2 +readdir.2 +sysctl.2 +syslog.2 +tkill.2 + mtk, aeb, Steve Beattie + Added comment in SYNOPSIS to note that syscall(2) may be + preferable over _syscallN (see intro(2)). + +Various minor formatting changes were done on a range of +pages in Section 7. (No content was changed.) + +New pages +--------- + +intro.2 + mtk, aeb, Steve Beattie + Added some notes on syscall(2) versus _syscall. + +openat.2 + mtk + New page describing openat(2), added in kernel 2.6.16, + and some notes on rationale for the at*(2) system calls. + +mbind.2 + Andi Kleen, Christoph Lameter, mtk + Added MPOL_MF_MOVE and MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL descriptions, + from numactl-0.9.2 man page. + Plus a few other smaller fixes. + +ushare.2 + mtk + New page describing unshare(2), added in kernel 2.6.16. + +fexecve.3 + mtk + New page describing fexecve(3). + +futimes.3 + mtk + New page describing futimes(3). + +undocumented.3 + mtk + Updated to remove a few function names that are now documented. + +Changes to individual pages +--------------------------- + +clone.2 +fork.2 +vfork.2 + mtk + Added SEE ALSO pointing to new unshare.2. + +execve.2 + mtk + Added SEE ALSO pointing to new fexecve.3. + +msgctl.2 +msgget.2 +msgop.2 + mtk + Added SEE ALSO pointing to mq_overview.7. + +open.2 + mtk + Added SEE ALSO pointing to new openat.2. + + Split out part of the RETURN VALUE text into separate + NOTES section. + + Modified wording referring that refers to raw(8) to + indicate that this interface is deprecated. + +poll.2 + mtk + Added discussion of ppoll(2), which is new in 2.6.16. + +ppoll.2 + mtk + New link to poll.2. + +recvmsg.2 +sendmsg.2 + mtk / Paul Brook + Added text to note that although POSIX says msg_controllen + should be socklen_t, glibc actually uses size_t. + See Debian bug 356502 and the associated glibc bug report. + http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2448. + mtk + Various formatting fixes. + +select.2 + mtk + Updated to reflect the fact that pselect() has been implemented + in the kernel in 2.6.16; various other minor wording changes. + + pselect() prototype needs "#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600". + +tempnam.3 + Justin Pryzby + Clean up description of EEXIST error. + Debian bug 357893 + +unlink.2 + mtk + Added a little extra text to clarify EISDIR vs EPERM. + +utime.2 + mtk + Added new SEE ALSO entry pointing to new futimes.3 page. + +exec.3 + mtk + Added SEE ALSO pointing to new fexecve.3. + +shm_unlink.3 + mtk + New link to shm_open.3 (should have been made when page + was originally written). + +swab.3 + Walter Harms + Add needed "#define _XOPEN_SOURCE". + +capabilities.7 + mtk + Various changes to bring this page closer to + current kernel versions. + +inotify.7 + mtk + Noted that glibc 2.4 is required to get glibc support + for inotify. + +mq_overview.7 + mtk + Some rewording and added a few words about System V + message queues. + +netlink.7 + Hasso Tepper + Substantial updates to various parts of this page. + mtk, Alain Portal + Minor fixes + +pthreads.7 + mtk + Updated to reflect that the NPTL limitation that only the main + thread could call setsid() and setpgid() was removed in 2.6.16. + +raw.7 + Hasso Tepper + Removed text implying that only in kernel 2.2 does IP_HDRINCL + prevent datagrams from being fragmented. + +socket.7 + mtk + Documented SO_SNDBUFFORCE and SO_RCVBUFFORCE socket options, + new in 2.6.14. + + Placed socket options in alphabetical order. + + diff --git a/man-pages-2.27.Announce b/man-pages-2.27.Announce index a2d85e60c..0bead8a4f 100644 --- a/man-pages-2.27.Announce +++ b/man-pages-2.27.Announce @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ RELEASE The Linux man page maintainer proudly announces. . . - man-pages-2.26.tar.gz - man pages for Linux + man-pages-2.27.tar.gz - man pages for Linux Differences from the previous manual pages release are listed in the file "Changes". diff --git a/man-pages-2.27.lsm b/man-pages-2.27.lsm index eea6dc8af..d3110a1c7 100644 --- a/man-pages-2.27.lsm +++ b/man-pages-2.27.lsm @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ Begin3 Title: Section 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 man pages for Linux -Version: 2.26 +Version: 2.27 Entered-date: 2005-03-21 Description: Linux and POSIX manual pages Keywords: man pages Author: several Maintained-by: Michael Kerrisk Primary-site: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages - 2539k man-pages-2.26.tar.gz + ????k man-pages-2.27.tar.gz Alternate-site: ftp://ftp.XX.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages Copying-policy: several; for the POSIX pages, see the file POSIX-COPYRIGHT; the other pages are all freely distributable provided