From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
To: Seth McDonald <sethmcmail@pm.me>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/12] man/man3type/*: Update simple history of types
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 11:05:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aWDSo41SpN_s4Em8@devuan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1767931376.git.sethmcmail@pm.me>
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Hi Seth,
On Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 02:18:54PM +1000, Seth McDonald wrote:
> Hello,
>
> v2 applies Alex's feedback and reformats the stat(3type) page's history
> section by listing the structure's members' different origins in a way
> consistent with other man pages. I also added a separate patch for
> splitting stat(3type) and its members' listed standards for nicer
> logical ordering.
This patch set doesn't apply. Maybe you need to git-fetch(1) and
git-rebase(1)?
Cheers,
Alex
>
> Seth McDonald (12):
> man/man3type/itimerspec.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance
> of itimerspec(3type)
> man/man3type/mode_t.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
> mode_t(3type)
> man/man3type/off_t.3type: Change VERSIONS to HISTORY
> man/man3type/off_t.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
> off_t(3type)
> man/man3type/sigevent.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
> sig{event,val}(3type)
> man/man3type/stat.3type: SYNOPSIS: wfix
> man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
> stat(3type)
> man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Split stat(3type) from
> st_{rdev,blksize,blocks}
> man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Specify first POSIX appearance of
> st_{rdev,blksize,blocks}
> man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Specify initial datatypes of
> st_{blksize,blocks}
> man/man3type/timer_t.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
> timer_t(3type)
> man/man3type/timespec.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
> timespec(3type)
>
> man/man3type/itimerspec.3type | 2 +-
> man/man3type/mode_t.3type | 2 +-
> man/man3type/off_t.3type | 4 ++--
> man/man3type/sigevent.3type | 2 +-
> man/man3type/stat.3type | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
> man/man3type/timer_t.3type | 2 +-
> man/man3type/timespec.3type | 2 +-
> 7 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> Range-diff against v1:
> 1: 48b823b1a965 = 1: 48b823b1a965 man/man3type/itimerspec.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of itimerspec(3type)
> 2: 90f54d80c479 = 2: 90f54d80c479 man/man3type/mode_t.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of mode_t(3type)
> 3: c1498253ab68 = 3: c1498253ab68 man/man3type/off_t.3type: Change VERSIONS to HISTORY
> 4: 6b062b0d6afa = 4: 6b062b0d6afa man/man3type/off_t.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of off_t(3type)
> 5: 6919cafeb4e3 = 5: 6919cafeb4e3 man/man3type/sigevent.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of sig{event,val}(3type)
> 6: 84a9e467d506 = 6: 84a9e467d506 man/man3type/stat.3type: SYNOPSIS: wfix
> 7: 0611f62eeedb = 7: 0611f62eeedb man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of stat(3type)
> 8: 9d3a705508aa ! 8: 623290de35e6 man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Specify first POSIX appearance of st_{rdev,blksize,blocks}
> @@ Metadata
> Author: Seth McDonald <sethmcmail@pm.me>
>
> ## Commit message ##
> - man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Specify first POSIX appearance of
> + man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Split stat(3type) from
> st_{rdev,blksize,blocks}
>
> - The st_rdev, st_blksize, and st_blocks fields of the stat(3type)
> - structure first appeared in SUSv1.[1] They were added to POSIX.1-2001
> - when POSIX and SUS merged, but as an XSI extension (still SUS-only).[2]
> -
> - [1] X/Open CAE Specification, System Interfaces and Headers Issue 4,
> - Version 2, Chapter 4 "Headers", p. 830.
> - [2] IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Volume 1, Chapter 13 "Headers", p. 356.
> - <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009604499/basedefs/sys/stat.h.html>
> -
> ## man/man3type/stat.3type ##
> -@@ man/man3type/stat.3type: .SH STANDARDS
> +@@ man/man3type/stat.3type: .SH DESCRIPTION
> + .SH STANDARDS
> + POSIX.1-2024.
> .SH HISTORY
> ++.TP
> ++.I stat
> ++POSIX.1-1988.
> ++.TP
> ++.I .st_rdev
> ++.TQ
> ++.I .st_blksize
> ++.TQ
> ++.I .st_blocks
> POSIX.1-1988.
> .P
> -+The
> -+.IR .st_rdev ,
> -+.IR .st_blksize ,
> -+and
> -+.I .st_blocks
> -+fields first appeared in SUSv1
> -+before being added to POSIX.1-2001 XSI.
> -+.P
> Old kernels and old standards did not support nanosecond timestamp fields.
> - Instead, there were three timestamp fields
> - .RI \[em] .st_atime ,
> -: ------------ > 9: a33e91f7c1b7 man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Specify first POSIX appearance of st_{rdev,blksize,blocks}
> 9: e13690db2fb6 ! 10: 3ffb01f7c196 man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Specify initial datatypes of st_{blksize,blocks}
> @@ Commit message
>
> ## man/man3type/stat.3type ##
> @@ man/man3type/stat.3type: .SH HISTORY
> - .I .st_blocks
> - fields first appeared in SUSv1
> - before being added to POSIX.1-2001 XSI.
> + SUSv1,
> + POSIX.1-2001 XSI.
> + .P
> +Initially, SUSv1 specified
> +.I .st_blksize
> +and
> +.I .st_blocks
> +with type
> +.IR long .
> +This was remedied in SUSv2.
> - .P
> ++.P
> Old kernels and old standards did not support nanosecond timestamp fields.
> Instead, there were three timestamp fields
> + .RI \[em] .st_atime ,
> 10: eb28bf22aed9 = 11: d6fc0ff67155 man/man3type/timer_t.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of timer_t(3type)
> 11: d25e140aaabe = 12: 9b6fedfdc71e man/man3type/timespec.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of timespec(3type)
> --
> 2.47.3
>
>
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Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-08 3:03 [PATCH v1 00/11] man/man3type/*: Update simple history of types Seth McDonald
2026-01-08 3:03 ` [PATCH v1 01/11] man/man3type/itimerspec.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of itimerspec(3type) Seth McDonald
2026-01-08 3:03 ` [PATCH v1 02/11] man/man3type/mode_t.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of mode_t(3type) Seth McDonald
2026-01-08 3:03 ` [PATCH v1 03/11] man/man3type/off_t.3type: Change VERSIONS to HISTORY Seth McDonald
2026-01-08 3:03 ` [PATCH v1 04/11] man/man3type/off_t.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of off_t(3type) Seth McDonald
2026-01-08 3:03 ` [PATCH v1 05/11] man/man3type/sigevent.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of sig{event,val}(3type) Seth McDonald
2026-01-08 3:03 ` [PATCH v1 06/11] man/man3type/stat.3type: SYNOPSIS: wfix Seth McDonald
2026-01-08 3:03 ` [PATCH v1 07/11] man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of stat(3type) Seth McDonald
2026-01-08 3:03 ` [PATCH v1 08/11] man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Specify first POSIX appearance of st_{rdev,blksize,blocks} Seth McDonald
2026-01-08 11:47 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-01-09 3:31 ` Seth McDonald
2026-01-09 10:00 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-01-10 6:00 ` Seth McDonald
2026-01-10 11:12 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-01-08 3:03 ` [PATCH v1 09/11] man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Specify initial datatypes of st_{blksize,blocks} Seth McDonald
2026-01-08 3:03 ` [PATCH v1 10/11] man/man3type/timer_t.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of timer_t(3type) Seth McDonald
2026-01-08 3:03 ` [PATCH v1 11/11] man/man3type/timespec.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of timespec(3type) Seth McDonald
2026-01-08 11:49 ` [PATCH v1 00/11] man/man3type/*: Update simple history of types Alejandro Colomar
2026-01-09 4:18 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] " Seth McDonald
2026-01-09 4:18 ` [PATCH v2 01/12] man/man3type/itimerspec.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of itimerspec(3type) Seth McDonald
2026-01-09 4:18 ` [PATCH v2 02/12] man/man3type/mode_t.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of mode_t(3type) Seth McDonald
2026-01-09 4:18 ` [PATCH v2 03/12] man/man3type/off_t.3type: Change VERSIONS to HISTORY Seth McDonald
2026-01-09 4:18 ` [PATCH v2 04/12] man/man3type/off_t.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of off_t(3type) Seth McDonald
2026-01-09 4:18 ` [PATCH v2 05/12] man/man3type/sigevent.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of sig{event,val}(3type) Seth McDonald
2026-01-09 4:19 ` [PATCH v2 06/12] man/man3type/stat.3type: SYNOPSIS: wfix Seth McDonald
2026-01-09 4:19 ` [PATCH v2 07/12] man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of stat(3type) Seth McDonald
2026-01-09 4:19 ` [PATCH v2 08/12] man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Split stat(3type) from st_{rdev,blksize,blocks} Seth McDonald
2026-01-09 4:19 ` [PATCH v2 09/12] man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Specify first POSIX appearance of st_{rdev,blksize,blocks} Seth McDonald
2026-01-09 4:19 ` [PATCH v2 10/12] man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Specify initial datatypes of st_{blksize,blocks} Seth McDonald
2026-01-09 4:19 ` [PATCH v2 11/12] man/man3type/timer_t.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of timer_t(3type) Seth McDonald
2026-01-09 4:19 ` [PATCH v2 12/12] man/man3type/timespec.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of timespec(3type) Seth McDonald
2026-01-09 10:05 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2026-01-10 6:15 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] man/man3type/*: Update simple history of types Seth McDonald
2026-01-10 6:15 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Split stat(3type) from st_{rdev,blksize,blocks} Seth McDonald
2026-01-10 6:15 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of st_{rdev,blksize,blocks} Seth McDonald
2026-01-10 6:15 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] man/man3type/stat.3type: HISTORY: Specify initial datatypes of st_{blksize,blocks} Seth McDonald
2026-01-10 11:50 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] man/man3type/*: Update simple history of types Alejandro Colomar
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