Re: [PATCH] fchmodat: split kernel/C library documents

[Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>]

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On Sunday 15 April 2012 07:15:27 Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> Take a look at
> http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/todo.html#migrate_to_kernel_source,
> which covers what your patch is trying to do. In general, I'm not in favor
> of patches like this; rather, I try to have a single page where
> differences (if any) between the system call and libc wrapper are
> noted. Thus, I'd propose the patch below instead. Seem okay?

i like having dedicated man pages when things are different as the notes 
section tends to get missed at the bottom.  but this change is better than 
nothing.

> --- a/man2/fchmodat.2
> +++ b/man2/fchmodat.2
>
> +This page documents the interface provided by the
> +glibc wrapper function for the

not to be pedantic, but this isn't glibc specific.  fchmodat() is a POSIX 
interface, so every C library will have this difference.
-mike

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