Re: [PATCH 3/3] man/man3/ftime.3: Correct POSIX standards in HISTORY.

[Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>]

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Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> writes:

> The old page didn't say it was removed in POSIX.1-2001.
>
> 	$ man -w ftime \
> 	| xargs mansect HISTORY \
> 	| MANWIDTH=64 man /dev/stdin \
> 	| cat;
> 	ftime(3)            Library Functions Manual           ftime(3)
>
> 	HISTORY
> 	       Removed  in  glibc 2.33.  4.2BSD, POSIX.1‐2001.  Removed
> 	       in POSIX.1‐2008.
>
> 	       This function is obsolete.  Don’t use it.  If  the  time
> 	       in  seconds  suffices,  time(2)  can be used; gettimeof‐
> 	       day(2)  gives   microseconds;   clock_gettime(2)   gives
> 	       nanoseconds but is not as widely available.
>
> 	Linux man‐pages 6.14‐18... 2025‐05‐17                  ftime(3)
>
> However, I agree that the order of the text could be confusing.  I like
> yours better, but how about moving 4.2BSD to the begining to improve it
> further?

Oops, I must have interpreted that period as a comma.

I agree re-ordering will make it more clear, so I sent a new patch [1].

I realize now after sending it that the commit message should be
s/STANDARDS/HISTORY/ though...

Collin

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/fcc66f4d8694f933a71688ad529e6f4f43024658.1750646692.git.collin.funk1@gmail.com/T/#u

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