From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: [patch] kill.2: tfix Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 08:41:14 +0100 Message-ID: <54EECE1A.4040708@gmail.com> References: <20150222225849.GA3056@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20150222225849.GA3056@localhost> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Tobias Stoeckmann Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hallo Tobias, On 02/22/2015 11:58 PM, Tobias Stoeckmann wrote: > A missing s after send: It depends whether one believes that subjunctive[1] still exists in English. Opinions are divided. I'm trying to hold onto it, so I've not applied this patch. Cheers, Michael [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive_mood#English > POSIX.1-2001 requires that kill(-1,sig) send_s_ sig to [...] > --- > man2/kill.2 | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/man2/kill.2 b/man2/kill.2 > index abd7807..e15c0a9 100644 > --- a/man2/kill.2 > +++ b/man2/kill.2 > @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ has explicitly installed signal handlers. > This is done to assure the > system is not brought down accidentally. > .LP > -POSIX.1-2001 requires that \fIkill(\-1,sig)\fP send \fIsig\fP > +POSIX.1-2001 requires that \fIkill(\-1,sig)\fP sends \fIsig\fP > to all processes that the calling process may send signals to, > except possibly for some implementation-defined system processes. > Linux allows a process to signal itself, but on Linux the call > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html