man-pages-3.02 is released

man-pages-3.02 is released

[Michael Kerrisk]

Gidday

I've released man-pages-3.02.

This release is now available for download at:

     http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages
     or ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages

This release is now available for download at:

     http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages
     or ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages

The online changelog is available at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/changelog.html
(blogged at
http://linux-man-pages.blogspot.com/2008/07/man-pages-302-is-released.html)
and the current version of the pages is browsable at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/

An abridged version of the changes in this release that may be of
interest to readers of this list is provided below.

Cheers,

Michael

==================== Changes in man-pages-3.02 ====================

New and rewritten pages
-----------------------

clock_nanosleep.2
     mtk
         A description of the clock_nanosleep() system call,
         which was added in kernel 2.6.

getgrouplist.3
     mtk
         A near complete rewrite, including additional information and
         a new example program.

gnu_get_libc_version.3
     mtk
         Documents gnu_get_libc_version(3) and gnu_get_libc_release(3).

sigwait.3
     mtk
         Documents sigwait(3).

shm_overview.7
     mtk
         An overview of the POSIX shared memory API.


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

sigreturn.2
     mtk
         Added a bit more detail on what sigreturn() actually does.

sigwaitinfo.2
     mtk
         Describe behavior when multiple threads are blocked in
         sigwaitinfo()/sigtimedwait().
         SEE ALSO: Add sigwait(3).

utmp.5
     mtk
         Add discussion of POSIX.1 utmpx specification.
         Provide a little more detail on fields of utmp structure.
         Added comments to macros for ut_type field.

signal.7
     mtk
         Note that the delivery order of multiple pending standard
         signals is unspecified.