From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751448AbWCaXo2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:44:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751456AbWCaXo2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:44:28 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:28336 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751448AbWCaXo1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:44:27 -0500 Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 01:44:26 +0200 (MEST) From: "Michael Kerrisk" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: michael.kerrisk@gmx.net MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5159.1143403544@www006.gmx.net> Subject: man-pages-2.28 is released X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Authenticated: #24879014 Message-ID: <6915.1143848666@www076.gmx.net> X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.6 (Global Message Exchange) X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Gidday, I recently released man-pages-2.28, which can be found at: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages or: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages or mirrors: ftp://ftp.XX.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages This release includes the following new pages: sem_post.3 sem_getvalue.3 sem_close.3 sem_open.3 sem_destroy.3 sem_wait.3 sem_unlink.3 sem_init.3 sem_overview.7 mtk New pages describing the POSIX semaphores API. These pages supercede and provide a superset of the information in the glibc (3thr) "semaphores(3)" manual page. ========== The man-pages set contains sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the manual pages. These sections describe the following: 2: (Linux) system calls 3: (libc) library functions 4: Devices 5: File formats and protocols 7: Overview pages, conventions, etc. As far as this list is concerned the most relevant parts are: all of sections 2 and 4, which describe kernel-userland interfaces; in section 5, the proc(5) manual page, which attempts (it's always catching up) to be a comprehensive description of /proc; and various pages in section 7, some of which are overview pages of kernel features (e.g., networking protocols). If you make a change to a kernel-userland interface, or observe a discrepancy between the manual pages and reality, would you please send me (at mtk-manpages@gmx.net ) one of the following (in decreasing order of preference): 1. An in-line "diff -u" patch with text changes for the corresponding manual page. (The most up-to-date version of the manual pages can always be found at ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages or ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages .) 2. Some raw text describing the changes, which I can then integrate into the appropriate manual page. 3. A message alerting me that some part of the manual pages does not correspond to reality. Eventually, I will try to remedy the situation. Obviously, as we get further down this list, more of my time is required, and things may go slower, especially when the changes concern some part of the kernel that I am ignorant about and I can't find someone to assist. Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk maintainer of Linux man pages Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 Want to help with man page maintenance? Grab the latest tarball at ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages/, read the HOWTOHELP file and grep the source files for 'FIXME'.