man-pages-2.68 released

man-pages-2.68 released

[Michael Kerrisk]

Gidday,

The Linux man-pages maintainer proudly announces:

    man-pages-2.68.tar.gz - man pages for Linux

This release is now available for download at:

    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages
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==================== Changes in man-pages-2.68 ====================

Released: 2007-11-19


Contributors
------------

The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have
been incorporated in changes in this release:

A. Costa <agcosta-gjFYTiW3eU0@public.gmane.org>
Andrew McDonald <andrew-53s58WbpkFqtmTQ+vhA3Yw@public.gmane.org>
Geoff Clare <gclare-47DNazc3Y3be9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
Heikki Orsila <shd-f6ZtHqqLvpXRdpoU5z2o0vUpdFzICT1y@public.gmane.org>
Hyokyong Kim <hyokyong-YZ4D218uBn0@public.gmane.org>
Ivana Varekova <varekova-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Justin Pryzby <jpryzby+d-wlE4jI9Qa9lWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
Maxime Vaudequin <maxime.vaudequin-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Nicolas François <nicolas.francois-Fa7rcPG4DJn7nK0/Xc0eeg@public.gmane.org>
Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Sam Varshavchik <mrsam-W1w4QoW4mIDgLSHwZvcCBg@public.gmane.org>
Timo Juhani Lindfors <timo.lindfors-X3B1VOXEql0@public.gmane.org>
Ulrich Drepper <drepper-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

Apologies if I missed anyone!


Global changes
--------------

faccessat.2
fchmodat.2
fchownat.2
fstatat.2
futimesat.2
linkat.2
mkdirat.2
mknodat.2
readlinkat.2
renameat.2
symlinkat.2
mkfifoat.3
    mtk, after Debian bug 445436 by Timo Juhani Lindfors
        Added <fcntl.h> to SYNOPSIS.

Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several places.


New pages
---------

_syscall.2
    mtk
        Created as a new page, by taking the content specific to
        the _syscall() macros from intro(2).


Changes to individual pages
---------------------------

README
    mtk
        Brought up to date.

man-pages-*-Announce
    mtk
        Brought the info in here up to date.

intro.1
    mtk
        Added intro paragraph about section, plus a paragraph
        about exit status values.
        Move "user intro" text to NOTES.

get_mempolicy.2
    mtk
        Reorder ERRORS sections alphabetically

intro.2
    mtk
        Pretty much a complete rewrite, covering some additional topics.
        Moved _syscallN() material to new _syscall(2) page.

mbind.2
    mtk
        Reorder ERRORS sctions alphabetically

mmap.2
    Maxime Vaudequin
        Fix syntax error in example program.

prctl.2
    mtk
        Linux 2.6.22 added support on Alpha for PR_SET_UNALIGN.

ptrace.2
    Nicolas François / mtk
        s/PTRACE_POKEUSR/PTRACE_POKEUSER/
        s/PTRACE_PEEKUSR/PTRACE_PEEKUSER/

read.2
    mtk / Geoff Clare
        Add text describing timerfd EINVAL error for read(2).

set_mempolicy.2
    mtk
        Reorder ERRORS sctions alphabetically

syscall.2
    mtk
        Added _syscall(2) and intro(2) to SEE ALSO section.

syscalls.2
    mtk
        Added fallocate(2); removed timerfd(2).

sysinfo.2
    mtk
        Removed reference to example in intro(2).

dlopen.3
    mtk
        Added "Link with -ldl." to SYNOPSIS.

getaddrinfo.3
   Ulrich Drepper /mtk
       Remove references to getipnodebyname.3 and getipnodebyaddr.3.

gethostbyname.3
   mtk / Ulrich Drepper
       Remove SEE ALSO references to getipnodebyname.3 and
       getipnodebyaddr.3.

   Pádraig Brady / mtk / Ulrich Drepper
       Point out that the functions described on this page
       are made obsolete by getadrinfo(3) and getnameinfo(3).

getipnodebyname.3
    mtk
        Clarify that glibc does not implement these functions.

glob.3
    Ulrich Drepper / mtk
        Fix description of GLOB_ONLYDIR.
    mtk
        Added description of GLOB_TILDE_NOMATCH.
        Expanded the description of various flags.
        Various wording fixes..

intro.2
    mtk
        Pretty much a complete rewrite, covering some additional topics.

posix_fallocate.3
    mtk
        Add SEE ALSO referring to fallocate.2.

rpc.3
    Sam Varshavchik
        Add some arg declarations to prototypes; fixe typos.

setbuf.3
    Mike Frysinger
        Fix text in BUGS section.

sigset.3
    mtk
        The sigset() bugs were fixed in glibc 2.5.
        See http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1951.

intro.4
    mtk
        Minor rewrites.

st.4
    Maxime Vaudequin
        Various small corrections, formattings and modifications.

elf.5
    Mike Frysinger
        Document:
        - new p_flag: PT_GNU_STACK
        - new sections: .gnu.version .gnu.version_d .gnu.version_r
          .note.GNU-stack
        - new structures: ElfN_Verdef ElfN_Verdaux ElfN_Verneed
          ElfN_Vernaux

intro.5
    mtk
        Minor rewites.

proc.5
    Ivana Varekova / mtk
        Add text noting that since kernel 2.6.16, /proc/slabinfo is
        only available if CONFIG_SLAB is enabled.
    Maxime Vaudequin
        Update description of /proc/pci.
    Maxime Vaudequin
        Give italic formatting to file names in proc.5.
    mtk
        The display type of the /proc/PID/stat fields changed
        %lu to %u in Linux 2.6.22:
            flags
            rt_priority
            policy

slabinfo.5
    Ivana Varekova / mtk
        Add text noting that since kernel 2.6.16, /proc/slabinfo is
        only available if CONFIG_SLAB is enabled.

intro.6
    mtk
        Minor rewites.

bootparam.7
    Maxime Vaudequin
        Update references to files in kernel "Documentation" directory.

intro.7
    mtk
        Minor rewrites.

ipv6.7
    Andrew McDonald
        Fix description of IPV6_ROUTER_ALERT option.

standards.7
    mtk
        Note online location of C99 standard.

intro.8
    mtk
        Some rewrites, plus new paragraph on exit status values.

-- 
Michael Kerrisk
maintainer of Linux man pages Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7

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