Authors of version 2.61
==================== Changes in man-pages-2.61 ====================Released: 2007-07-01
Contributors
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The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have
been incorporated in changes in this release:
Alain Portal <aportal@univ-montp2.fr>
Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Florian Ernst <florian_ernst@gmx.net>
Ivana Varekova <varekova@redhat.com>
Jeff Schroeder <jeffschroeder@computer.org>
Joey (Martin) Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>
Lo�c Minier <lool@dooz.org>
Michael Gehring <mg@ebfe.org>
Serge van den Boom <svdb@stack.nl>
Stefan Puiu <stefanpuiuro@yahoo.com>
Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz>
Apologies if I missed anyone!
Global changes
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Various pages
mtk
substitute `\\0' by '\\0'.
Various pages
mtk
s/`/'/ when the thing being quoted is a character.
accept.2
bind.2
connect.2
getsockopt.2
listen.2
socket.2
socketpair.2
mtk after a note by Martin (Joey) Schulze
Add NOTES paragraph noting that <sys/types.h> isn't required by
POSIX.1-2001 or Linux, but was required on some implementations.
accept.2
getsockname.2
recv.2
vm86.2
send.2
getgrouplist.3
memmem.3
nsswitch.conf.5
putenv.3
wprintf.3
mtk
Replace form `...' with \fI...\fP where the enclosed string
is a pathname, type name, or argument name.
A few files
mtk
s/process' /process's/
gets.3
qsort.3
getaddrinfo.3
rpc.3
ungetwc.3
wcsnrtombs.3
capabilities.7
mtk
Add section number to page cross references.
time.1
bind.2
pivot_root.2
sysctl.2
mtk
Reordered .SH sections.
full.4
mouse.4
random.4
sd.4
mtk
Made CONFIG/CONFIGURING heading ==> CONFIGURATION
time.1
console_codes.4
random.4
sk98lin.4
charmap.5
ftpusers.5
bootparam.7
charsets.7
glob.7
mq_overview.7
unicode.7
uri.7
utf-8.7
mtk
Reformatted headings
New pages
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backtrace.3
mtk, with input from Justin Pryzby and Stefan Puiu
Documents backtrace(), backtrace_symbols(), and
backtrace_symbols_fd().
New links
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backtrace_symbols.3
backtrace_symbols_fd.3
mtk
Links to backtrace.3.
__clone.2
Stepan Kasal
Link to clone.2.
Changes to individual pages
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Makefile
Serge van den Boom
Fix setting of 'prefix' macro.
eval.1p
Benno Schulenberg
Fix bad text (concatenated line).
chdir.2
mtk
Fixed description of EACCES error.
Added sentence defining "curret working directory".
Other minor wording changes.
cfree.3
mtk
Added SEE ALSO section.
clone.2
mtk
s/clone2/__clone2/.
fdatasync.2
mtk
Minor wording changes.
fork,2
Alain Portal
Fix small wording error.
gethostid.2
Stefan Puiu / mtk
Add NOTES on what happens if gethostid() can't open /etc/hostid.
idle.2
mtk
Made NOTES text into a VERSIONS section, since that's what it
really describes.
ioperm.2
mtk
Minor wording changes.
ipc.2
Stepan Kasal
Add semtimedop() to SEE ALSO.
killpg.2
mtk
Minor wording changes.
intro.2
mtk
Rewrite to reflect the fact that the _syscallN
macros are no longer available.
io_cancel.2
mtk
Add "Link with -laio" to SYNOPSIS.
io_destroy.2
mtk
Add "Link with -laio" to SYNOPSIS.
io_getevents.2
mtk
Add "Link with -laio" to SYNOPSIS.
io_setup.2
mtk
Add "Link with -laio" to SYNOPSIS.
io_submit.2
Ivana Varekova
Fix include in SYNOPSIS.
mtk
Add "Link with -laio" to SYNOPSIS.
ipc.2
Stepan Kasal
Add recvmsg() and sendmsg() to SEE ALSO.
mtk
Note that some architectures don't have ipc(2); instead
real system calls are provided for shmctl(), semctl(), etc.
listen.2
mtk
Added <sys/types.h> to SYNOPSIS.
sched_setscheduler.2
mtk
Add NOTES para about permissions required to call
sched_setscheduler() on other systems.
select.2
mtk
Noted that 'timeout' can also be changed if select() is
interrupted by a signal.
setup.2
mtk
Remove reference to _syscall0() macro.
shmop.2
mtk
Changed text for EINVAL error.
socketcall.2
mtk
Note that some architectures don't have socketcall(2); instead
real system calls are provided for socket(), bind(), etc.
swapon.2
Ivana Varekova / mtk
Update text for EPERM error describing the maximum number of
swap files. (From downstream Fedora patch.)
write.2
mtk
Added details about seekable files and file offset.
Noted that write() may write less than 'count' bytes, and
gave some examples of why this might occur.
Noted what happens if write() is interrupted by a signal.
Minor wording changes.
__setfpucw.3
mtk
Added a CONFORMING TO section; other minor edits.
confstr.3
mtk
Minor rewrites in code example.
ctime.3
Justin Pryzby
Make SEE ALSO refer to timegm.3
daemon.3
mtk
Small wording change.
dl_iterate_phdr.3
Michael Gehring
Comment was missing closing "*/".
dlopen.3
mtk
Formatting changes, and minor rewordings.
mtk, after a note by Serge van den Boom
Add a comment explaining the need for the rather
strange cast of the return value of dlsym().
fpclassify.3
mtk
Add "isinf" to NAME section.
getgrouplist.3
mtk
Minor rewording.
getline.3
mtk
Minor rewording, and note taht '*n* is ignored
if '*lineptr' is NULL.
malloc.3
Ivana Varekova / mtk
Update description of MALLOC_CHECK_ to include description
for value 3. (From downstream Fedora patch.)
netlink.3
mtk
Added a CONFORMING TO section; other minor edits.
openpty.3
mtk
Minor changes to SYNOPSIS.
program_invocation_name.3
mtk
Shortened page title to INVOCATION_NAME.
rtnetlink.3
mtk
Added a CONFORMING TO section; other minor edits.
scanf.3
Florian Ernst
Fix duplicated word "the".
(Really fix Debian bug 412467!)
select_tut.3
mtk
Small wording change.
setnetgrent.3
mtk
Added a CONFORMING TO section.
sigpause.3
mtk
Added a CONFORMING TO section.
strftime.3
Just Pryzby
Small wording fix.
mtk
Note use of "gcc -Wno-format-y2k" to avoid the "`%c'yields only
last 2 digits of year in some locales" warning.
strstr.3
mtk
Add "strcasestr" to NAME section.
syslog.3
mtk
Small wording change.
termios.3
mtk
Reformat SYNOPSIS.
Added a CONFORMING TO section.
timegm.3
mtk
Small wording changes.
ulimit.3
mtk
Remove errorneous text saying that glibc does not provide
<ulimit.h>; it does.
initrd.4
mtk
Various reformattings.
core.5
mtk
Added a sentence noting why core dumps named "core.PID" were useful
with LinuxThreads.
bootparam.7
mtk
Fix capitalization in .SS headings.
epoll.7
mtk
Language clean ups.
feature_test_macros.7
mtk
Added SEE ALSO section.
mq_overview.7
mtk
Reformatted headings; minor rewrites.
sem_overview.7
mtk
Reformatted headings; minor rewrites.
socket.7
Lo�c Minier <lool@dooz.org>
Document argument type for SO_REUSEADDR.
See Debian bug 255881.
uri.7
mtk
Wrap long line in SYNOPSIS.
ldconfig.8
mtk
Added SEE ALSO section.