Re: [PATCH 1/2] uname.2: fix standard reference wording

[Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>]

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Hi наб,

On 6/15/22 12:04, наб wrote:
> Issue 6:
>      IEEE Std 1003.1-2001/Cor 2-2004, item XBD/TC2/D6/27 is applied,
> changing the description of nodename within the utsname structure from
> ``an implementation-defined communications network'' to
> ``the communications network to which this node is attached, if any''.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@nabijaczleweli.xyz>
> ---
>   man2/uname.2 | 11 ++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/uname.2 b/man2/uname.2
> index 94c9c951a..b43f5d8d6 100644
> --- a/man2/uname.2
> +++ b/man2/uname.2
> @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ struct is defined in
>   .EX
>   struct utsname {
>       char sysname[];    /* Operating system name (e.g., "Linux") */
> -    char nodename[];   /* Name within "some implementation\-defined
> -                          network" */
> +    char nodename[];   /* Name within communications network
> +                          to which the node is attached, if any */
>       char release[];    /* Operating system release
>                             (e.g., "2.6.28") */
>       char version[];    /* Operating system version */
> @@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ So, four of the fields of the struct are meaningful.
>   On the other hand, the field
>   .I nodename
>   is meaningless:
> -it gives the name of the present machine in some undefined
> -network, but typically machines are in more than one network
> -and have several names.
> +it gives the name of the present machine in some "the" network

That reads a bit weird.  Is it a typo, or is it intended?

Regards,

Alex

> +to which it's attached,
> +but typically machines are in more than one network
> +and have several names by which they're reachable.
>   Moreover, the kernel has no way of knowing
>   about such things, so it has to be told what to answer here.
>   The same holds for the additional

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Alejandro Colomar
<http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>

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