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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ==================== Changes in man-pages-3.08 ====================
 
-Released: 2008-??-??, ???????????
+Released: 2008-??-??, Zurich
 
 
 Contributors
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Contributors
 The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have
 been incorporated in changes in this release:
 
+Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
+Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@courier-mta.com>
+Venkatesh Srinias <me@acm.jhu.edu>
+Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar@bravegnu.org>
 
 Apologies if I missed anyone!
 
@@ -16,6 +20,30 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone!
 New and rewritten pages
 -----------------------
 
+getnetent_r.3
+    mtk
+        Documents getnetent_r(), getnetbyname_r(),
+	and getnetbyaddr_r(), the reentrant equivalents of
+	getnetent(), getnetbyname(), and getnetbyaddr().
+
+getprotoent_r.3
+     mtk
+        Documents getprotoent_r(), getprotobyname_r(), and
+	getprotobynumber_r(), the reentrant equivalents of
+	getprotoent(), getprotobyname(), and getprotobynumber().
+
+getrpcent_r.3
+     mtk
+        Documents getrpcent_r(), getrpcbyname_r(), and
+	getrpcbynumber_r(), the reentrant equivalents of
+	getrpcent(), getrpcbyname(), and getrpcbynumber().
+
+getservent_r.3
+     mtk
+        Documents getservent_r(), getservbyname_r(), and
+	getservbyport_r(), the reentrant equivalents of
+	getservent(), getservbyname(), and getservbyport().
+
 numa.7
     mtk
         A new page giving overview details for the Linux NUMA interfaces.
@@ -23,7 +51,6 @@ numa.7
 	of /proc/PID/numa_maps from proc.5.
 
 
-
 Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
 ---------------------------------------------
 
@@ -57,6 +84,11 @@ set_mempolicy.2
 Changes to individual pages
 ---------------------------
 
+eventfd.2
+    Vijay Kumar
+        When an eventfd overflows, select() indicates the file as both
+	readable and writable (not as having an exceptional condition).
+
 mbind.2
     mtk
         Remove material on library support and numactl; that material
@@ -66,6 +98,11 @@ move_pages.2
     mtk
         Added VERSIONS (from kernel 2.6.18) and CONFORMING TO sections.
 
+gethostbyname.3
+    mtk
+        Clarify exactly which functions are obsoleted by getnameinfo()
+        and getaddrinfo().
+	
 getnetent.3
     mtk
         Rephrase description in terms of a database, rather than a file.
@@ -74,6 +111,11 @@ getnetent.3
 	The database connection is held open between get*() calls if
 	'stayopen' is non-zero (not necessarily 1).
 	s/zero terminated list/NULL-terminated list/
+    mtk
+        In glibc 2.2, the type of the 'net' argument for getnetbyaddr()
+	changed from 'long' to 'uint32_t'.
+    mtk
+        Note that the gethostbyaddr() 'net" argument is in host byte order.
 
 getprotoent.3
     mtk
@@ -89,7 +131,7 @@ getservent.3
         Rephrase description in terms of a database, rather than a file.
 	Note that each of the get*() functions opens a connection to
 	the database if necessary.
-	The database connection is held opend between get*() calls if
+	The database connection is held open between get*() calls if
 	'stayopen' is non-zero (not necessarily 1).
 	s/zero terminated list/NULL-terminated list/
 
@@ -101,6 +143,11 @@ getrpcent.3
 	the database if necessary.
 	s/zero terminated list/NULL-terminated list/
 
+mq_notify.3
+    Venkatesh Srinivas
+        s/sigev_notify_function/sigev_thread_function/
+        as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494956.
+
 proc.5
     mtk
         Remove /proc/PID/numa_maps material (it is now in numa(7)).