Authors of version 3.75
==================== Changes in man-pages-3.75 ====================Released: 2014-10-15, Düsseldorf
Contributors
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The following people contributed patches/fixes or (noted in brackets
in the changelog below) reports, notes, and ideas that have been
incorporated in changes in this release:
Jonny Grant <jg@jguk.org>
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Robert Schweikert <rjschwei@suse.com>
Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>
Walter Harms <wharms@bfs.de>
Apologies if I missed anyone!
New and rewritten pages
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pthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np.3
Robert Schweikert [MMichael Kerrisk]
New page documenting pthread_rwlockattr_[sg]etkind_np(3)
Documents pthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np(3) and
pthread_rwlockattr_getkind_np(3).
New and changed links
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pthread_rwlockattr_getkind_np.3
Robert Schweikert
New link to pthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np(3)
Changes to individual pages
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readlink.2
Michael Kerrisk [Jonny Grant]
Add free() call to example program
readv.2
Michael Kerrisk
The raw preadv() and pwritev() syscalls split 'offset' into 2 arguments
signal.7
Michael Kerrisk
pthread_mutex_lock() and pthread_cond_wait() are restartable
pthread_mutex_lock(, pthread_cond_wait(), and related APIs are
automatically restarted if interrupted by a signal handler.
unix.7
Michael Kerrisk [Carlos O'Donell, David Miller, Tetsuo Handa]
Various additions and rewordings
Notable changes:
* Clarify some details for pathname sockets.
* Add some advice on portably coding with pathname sockets.
* Note the "buggy" behavior for pathname sockets when
the supplied pathname is 108 bytes (after a report by
Tetsuo Handa).