diff --git a/Changes b/Changes index 764133575..0174a2226 100644 --- a/Changes +++ b/Changes @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -==================== Changes in man-pages-2.69 ==================== +==================== Changes in man-pages-2.70 ==================== -Released: 2007-12-03 +Released: 2007-??-?? Contributors @@ -9,18 +9,6 @@ Contributors The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have been incorporated in changes in this release: -Adam Borowski -Alain PORTAL -Andries E. Brouwer -J. Bruce Fields -David Härdeman -Jeremy Kerr -Luke Browning -Mats Wichmann -Maxime Vaudequin -Mike Frysinger -Reuben Thomas -Sam Varshavchik Apologies if I missed anyone! @@ -28,167 +16,10 @@ Apologies if I missed anyone! Global changes -------------- -*.?p - mtk - Many whitespace clean-ups in formatted output. - -mprotect.2 -bind.2 -mq_notify.3 -makecontext.3 -fmemopen.3 - David Härdeman / mtk - Rename error handling function in example program - (s/die/handle_error/). Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several places. -Removed pages -------------- - -HOWTOHELP -MAINTAINING - mtk - The content of these files is now available in HTML format. - -New links ---------- - -cfsetspeed.3 - mtk - Link to termios.3. - Changes to individual pages --------------------------- - -time.1 - Alain Portal - Added "Linux User's Manual" to .TH line. - -_syscall.2 - aeb / mtk - Remove outdated text about pointer blocks for syscalls that have - more than 5 arguments. - -fcntl.2 - J. Bruce Fields - Add warning that mandatory locking is unreliable. - J. Bruce Fields - Clarify details in description of file leases. - J. Bruce Fields /mtk - Minor wording edits. - J. Bruce Fields - Add F_GETLEASE under RETURN VALUE. - -mmap.2 - mtk - Handle errors using a custom handle_error() macro. - -sched_setscheduler.2 - Mats Wichmann - Add BUGS text noting that the return value from Linux - sched_setschuler() does not conform to POSIX. - -spu_create.2 - Jeremy Kerr - Various updates and improvements. - Luke Browning - Refinement of text describing a "gang". - mtk - Minor edits. - -spu_run.2 - Jeremy Kerr - Various updates and improvements. - mtk - Minor edits. - -err.3 - mtk - Remove HISTORY section. - -fopen.3 - Mike Frysinger - Document 'e' (close-on-exec) option, new in glibc 2.7. - -getloadavg.3 - Alain Portal / mtk - Remove HISTORY section. - -printf.3 - Andries E. Brouwer / mtk - Fix the discussion of stdarg macros in the description of - vprintf() description. - -sem_wait.3 - mtk - Handle errors using a custom handle_error() macro. - -sigsetops.3 - Mats Wichmann - Note that sigset_t objects must be initialized - with sigemptyset() or sigfillset() before the other - macros are employed. - -termios.3 - mtk, after a note by Alain Portal - Added cfsetspeed() to SYNOPSIS. Added text under CONFORMING TO - noting that cfsetspeed() is BSD specific. - -ttyslot.3 - Alain Portal - Various references to "getty" were changed to "mingetty", since - that is the manual page more likely to be found on current - systems. (Completes changes that were made in man-pages-2.44.) - -initrd.4 - mtk, after a note by Alain Portal - Move "Configuration" section to top of page (like other - section 4 pages) and make it a .SH section. - -full.4 - mtk - Re-ordered CONFIGURATION section to go before DESCRIPTION. - -sk98lin.4 - Maxime Vaudequin - Fix reference to kernel Documentation file. - -elf.5 - mtk - Renamed HISTORY section to NOTES, and removed BSD specific info. - -proc.5 - Maxime Vaudequin - Mention grub(8) in same sentence as lilo(8). - Maxime Vaudequin - Improve description of /proc/sys/abi and - /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe. - -utmp.5 - Alain Portal - Various references to "getty" were changed to "mingetty", since - that is the manual page more likely to be found on current - systems. (Completes changes that were made in man-pages-2.44.) - -iso_8859-2.7 - Adam Borowski - Reverse the 2.68 change (applied by mtk in response to Debian - bug 445085) that replaced "Sorbian" with "Serbian". - (Sorbian is a language of 50000 people in Brandenburg.) - -man-pages.7 - mtk - Added CONFIGURATION to list of "standard" section names. - -spufs.7 - Jeremy Kerr - Various updates and improvements. - mtk - Minor edits. - -tcp.7 - Maxime Vaudequin - Fix reference to kernel Documentation file. diff --git a/Changes.old b/Changes.old index 052a3e1be..bc0d535e1 100644 --- a/Changes.old +++ b/Changes.old @@ -9228,3 +9228,199 @@ standards.7 intro.8 mtk Some rewrites, plus new paragraph on exit status values. + + +==================== Changes in man-pages-2.69 ==================== + +Released: 2007-12-03 + + +Contributors +------------ + +The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have +been incorporated in changes in this release: + +Adam Borowski +Alain PORTAL +Andries E. Brouwer +J. Bruce Fields +David Härdeman +Jeremy Kerr +Luke Browning +Mats Wichmann +Maxime Vaudequin +Mike Frysinger +Reuben Thomas +Sam Varshavchik + +Apologies if I missed anyone! + + +Global changes +-------------- + +*.?p + mtk + Many whitespace clean-ups in formatted output. + +mprotect.2 +bind.2 +mq_notify.3 +makecontext.3 +fmemopen.3 + David Härdeman / mtk + Rename error handling function in example program + (s/die/handle_error/). + +Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several places. + + +Removed pages +------------- + +HOWTOHELP +MAINTAINING + mtk + The content of these files is now available in HTML format. + +New links +--------- + +cfsetspeed.3 + mtk + Link to termios.3. + + +Changes to individual pages +--------------------------- + +time.1 + Alain Portal + Added "Linux User's Manual" to .TH line. + +_syscall.2 + aeb / mtk + Remove outdated text about pointer blocks for syscalls that have + more than 5 arguments. + +fcntl.2 + J. Bruce Fields + Add warning that mandatory locking is unreliable. + J. Bruce Fields + Clarify details in description of file leases. + J. Bruce Fields /mtk + Minor wording edits. + J. Bruce Fields + Add F_GETLEASE under RETURN VALUE. + +mmap.2 + mtk + Handle errors using a custom handle_error() macro. + +sched_setscheduler.2 + Mats Wichmann + Add BUGS text noting that the return value from Linux + sched_setschuler() does not conform to POSIX. + +spu_create.2 + Jeremy Kerr + Various updates and improvements. + Luke Browning + Refinement of text describing a "gang". + mtk + Minor edits. + +spu_run.2 + Jeremy Kerr + Various updates and improvements. + mtk + Minor edits. + +err.3 + mtk + Remove HISTORY section. + +fopen.3 + Mike Frysinger + Document 'e' (close-on-exec) option, new in glibc 2.7. + +getloadavg.3 + Alain Portal / mtk + Remove HISTORY section. + +printf.3 + Andries E. Brouwer / mtk + Fix the discussion of stdarg macros in the description of + vprintf() description. + +sem_wait.3 + mtk + Handle errors using a custom handle_error() macro. + +sigsetops.3 + Mats Wichmann + Note that sigset_t objects must be initialized + with sigemptyset() or sigfillset() before the other + macros are employed. + +termios.3 + mtk, after a note by Alain Portal + Added cfsetspeed() to SYNOPSIS. Added text under CONFORMING TO + noting that cfsetspeed() is BSD specific. + +ttyslot.3 + Alain Portal + Various references to "getty" were changed to "mingetty", since + that is the manual page more likely to be found on current + systems. (Completes changes that were made in man-pages-2.44.) + +initrd.4 + mtk, after a note by Alain Portal + Move "Configuration" section to top of page (like other + section 4 pages) and make it a .SH section. + +full.4 + mtk + Re-ordered CONFIGURATION section to go before DESCRIPTION. + +sk98lin.4 + Maxime Vaudequin + Fix reference to kernel Documentation file. + +elf.5 + mtk + Renamed HISTORY section to NOTES, and removed BSD specific info. + +proc.5 + Maxime Vaudequin + Mention grub(8) in same sentence as lilo(8). + Maxime Vaudequin + Improve description of /proc/sys/abi and + /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe. + +utmp.5 + Alain Portal + Various references to "getty" were changed to "mingetty", since + that is the manual page more likely to be found on current + systems. (Completes changes that were made in man-pages-2.44.) + +iso_8859-2.7 + Adam Borowski + Reverse the 2.68 change (applied by mtk in response to Debian + bug 445085) that replaced "Sorbian" with "Serbian". + (Sorbian is a language of 50000 people in Brandenburg.) + +man-pages.7 + mtk + Added CONFIGURATION to list of "standard" section names. + +spufs.7 + Jeremy Kerr + Various updates and improvements. + mtk + Minor edits. + +tcp.7 + Maxime Vaudequin + Fix reference to kernel Documentation file. diff --git a/man-pages-2.70.Announce b/man-pages-2.70.Announce index 53558b318..7c9ead40a 100644 --- a/man-pages-2.70.Announce +++ b/man-pages-2.70.Announce @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ RELEASE The Linux man page maintainer proudly announces. . . - man-pages-2.69.tar.gz - man pages for Linux + man-pages-2.70.tar.gz - man pages for Linux Differences from the previous manual pages release are listed in the file "Changes". diff --git a/man-pages-2.70.lsm b/man-pages-2.70.lsm index a21f72b62..857861767 100644 --- a/man-pages-2.70.lsm +++ b/man-pages-2.70.lsm @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ Begin3 Title: Section 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 man pages for Linux -Version: 2.69 -Entered-date: 2007-12-03 +Version: 2.70 +Entered-date: 2007-??-?? Description: Linux and POSIX manual pages Keywords: man pages Author: several Maintained-by: Michael Kerrisk Primary-site: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages - 2698k man-pages-2.69.tar.gz + ????k man-pages-2.70.tar.gz Alternate-site: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages Copying-policy: several; for the POSIX pages, see the file POSIX-COPYRIGHT; the other pages are all freely distributable as long as