From: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
To: Seth McDonald <sethmcmail@pm.me>
Cc: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>,
Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>,
linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/4] sys/man2/sysctl.2: HISTORY: wfix
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 01:27:56 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251230072756.c25thnpent43mjma@illithid> (raw)
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At 2025-12-30T07:18:50+0000, Seth McDonald wrote:
> > [1] https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=2.11BSD/src/man/man3/sysctl.3
>
> That would be good to include, though we may need to first modify
> standards(7) since 2.11BSD currently isn't listed there (the earliest
> mentioned is 3BSD).
The date on that file, 1993, strongly suggests a backport from the
then-getting-finalized 4.4BSD (which settled out over the course of 1994
and into 1995 depending on whether one considers the "Encumbered" or
"Lite" versions mandated by the settlement of the USL v. BSDI lawsuit).
4.3BSD, by contrast, dates to 1986. See my previous mail.
So in that sense, a sysctl()-bearing 2.11BSD is more recent than 4.3BSD.
I suggest the Linux man-pages project not attempt to track the
provenance or timeline of 2.11BSD features. It's too much work.
Regards,
Branden
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-30 7:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-30 6:41 [PATCH v1 0/4] Miscellaneous fixes seth.i.mcdonald
2025-12-30 6:42 ` [PATCH v1 1/4] man/man2/syscall.2: Add HISTORY section seth.i.mcdonald
2025-12-31 13:46 ` Alejandro Colomar
2025-12-30 6:42 ` [PATCH v1 2/4] sys/man2/sysctl.2: HISTORY: wfix seth.i.mcdonald
2025-12-30 6:59 ` Collin Funk
2025-12-30 7:18 ` Seth McDonald
2025-12-30 7:27 ` G. Branden Robinson [this message]
2025-12-30 7:40 ` Collin Funk
2025-12-30 7:53 ` G. Branden Robinson
2025-12-30 11:34 ` Alejandro Colomar
2025-12-30 7:22 ` Is 2.11BSD < 4BSD? It depends. (was: [PATCH v1 2/4] sys/man2/sysctl.2: HISTORY: wfix) G. Branden Robinson
2025-12-30 7:35 ` Is 2.11BSD < 4BSD? It depends Collin Funk
2026-01-03 10:31 ` Is 2.11BSD < 4BSD? It depends. (was: [PATCH v1 2/4] sys/man2/sysctl.2: HISTORY: wfix) G. Branden Robinson
2025-12-31 13:46 ` [PATCH v1 2/4] sys/man2/sysctl.2: HISTORY: wfix Alejandro Colomar
2025-12-30 6:42 ` [PATCH v1 3/4] man/man2/utime.2: SYNOPSIS: ffix seth.i.mcdonald
2025-12-31 13:45 ` Alejandro Colomar
2025-12-30 6:42 ` [PATCH v1 4/4] man/man2const/F_GETSIG.2const: HISTORY: tfix seth.i.mcdonald
2025-12-31 13:47 ` Alejandro Colomar
2025-12-31 13:48 ` [PATCH v1 0/4] Miscellaneous fixes Alejandro Colomar
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