Authors of version 6.17

==================== Changes in man-pages-6.17 ====================

Released: 2026-02-11, Aldaya


New and rewritten pages
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man1/
grepc.1
grepc_c.1
mansectf.1

man2const/
F_GETDELEG.2const
IPPROTO_IP.2const (previously, ip(7))
IPPROTO_IPV6.2const (previously, ipv6(7))
IPV6_ADDRFORM.2const (previously, ipv6(7))
IPV6_ADD_MEMBERSHIP.2const (previously, ipv6(7))
IPV6_MTU.2const (previously, ipv6(7))
IPV6_MTU_DISCOVER.2const (previously, ipv6(7))
IPV6_MULTICAST_HOPS.2const (previously, ipv6(7))
IPV6_MULTICAST_IF.2const (previously, ipv6(7))
IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP.2const (previously, ipv6(7))
IPV6_RECVERR.2const (previously, ipv6(7))
IPV6_RECVPKTINFO.2const (previously, ipv6(7))
IPV6_ROUTER_ALERT.2const (previously, ipv6(7))
IPV6_RTHDR.2const (previously, ipv6(7))
IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS.2const (previously, ipv6(7))
IPV6_V6ONLY.2const (previously, ipv6(7))
IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP.2constA (previously, ip(7))
IP_ADD_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_BIND_ADDRESS_NO_PORT.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_BLOCK_SOURCE.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_DROP_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_FREEBIND.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_HDRINCL.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_MSFILTER.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_MTU.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_MTU_DISCOVER.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_MULTICAST_ALL.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_MULTICAST_IF.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_MULTICAST_LOOP.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_MULTICAST_TTL.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_NODEFRAG.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_OPTIONS.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_PASSSEC.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_PKTINFO.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_RECVERR.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_RECVOPTS.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_RECVORIGDSTADDR.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_RECVTOS.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_RECVTTL.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_RETOPTS.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_ROUTER_ALERT.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_TOS.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_TRANSPARENT.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_TTL.2const (previously, ip(7))
IP_UNBLOCK_SOURCE.2const (previously, ip(7))
SO_PEERSEC.2const (previously, ip(7))
in_pktinfo.2type (previously, ip(7))
ip_mreq_source.2type (previously, ip(7))
ip_mreqn.2type (previously, ip(7))

man3/
_Maxof.3
aligned_alloc.3 (previously, posix_memalign(3))
memalign.3 (previously, posix_memalign(3))
getopt.3 (split into many pages)
getopt_long.3 (previously, getopt(3))
getopt_long_only.3 (previously, getopt(3))
snprintf.3 (previously, printf(3))
sprintf.3 (previously, printf(3))
posix_memalign.3 (split into many pages)
printf.3 (split into many pages)
pvalloc.3 (previously, posix_memalign(3))
valloc.3 (previously, posix_memalign(3))

man3attr/
gnu::warning.3attr

man5/
proc_sys_net_ipv4.5 (previously, ip(7))

man7/
ip.7 (split into many pages)
ipv6.7 (split into many pages)


Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
---------------------------------------------

man2/
clone.2
E2BIG
madvise.2
PR_THP_DISABLE_EXCEPT_ADVISED
mount.2
ENOSPC
ptrace.2
PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO
struct ptrace_syscall_info::reserved
struct ptrace_syscall_info::flags

man2const/
PR_GET_THP_DISABLE.2const
PR_SET_THP_DISABLE.2const
PR_THP_DISABLE_EXCEPT_ADVISED

man3/
timespec_get.3
TIME_MONOTONIC
TIME_ACTIVE
TIME_THREAD_ACTIVE

man7/
feature_test_macros.7
_ISOC23_SOURCE
_ISOC2X_SOURCE
operator.7
_Maxof(3)
_Minof(3)
rtnetlink.7
.ifi_change
standards.7
K&R
Unix/TS 4
C94, C95, C96, C17, C23
POSIX.1-2004, POSIX.1-2013, POSIX.1-2024
SUSv5


New and changed links
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man2const/
F_SETDELEG.2const (F_GETDELEG(2const))
IPV6_AUTHHDR.2const (IPV6_RTHDR(2const))
IPV6_DROP_MEMBERSHIP.2const (IPV6_ADD_MEMBERSHIP(2const))
IPV6_DSTOPTS.2const (IPV6_RTHDR(2const))
IPV6_FLOWINFO.2const (IPV6_RTHDR(2const))
IPV6_HOPLIMIT.2const (IPV6_RTHDR(2const))
IPV6_HOPOPTS.2const (IPV6_RTHDR(2const))

man2type/
ip_mreq.2type (ip_mreqn(2type))

man3/
_Countof.3 (countof(3))
_Minof.3 (_Maxof(3))
vsnprintf.3 (snprintf(3))
vsprintf.3 (sprintf(3))


Global changes
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- CONSTRIBUTING.d/
- Add guidelines banning AI for contributing.
- Document guidelines about In-Reply-To: header field.
- Document guidelines about Fixes: trailed field.
- README.d/
- Document dependencies of the project.
- share/mk/
- Add help-list-* targets.
- man/
- HISTORY, STANDARDS
- Document new and old standards with precision.
- src/bin/
- grepc, grepc_c, grepc_mk
Add new scripts to inspect C source code.
- */
- Restore some old copyright notices.


Changes to individual files
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