man-pages-2.77 released

man-pages-2.77 released

[Michael Kerrisk]

Gidday,

The Linux man-pages maintainer proudly announces:

    man-pages-2.77.tar.gz - man pages for Linux

This release is now available for download at:

    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages
    or ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages

The online changelog is available at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/changelog.html
and the current version of the pages is browsable at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/

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==================== Changes in man-pages-2.77 ====================

Released: 2008-01-31


Contributors
------------

The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have
been incorporated in changes in this release:

Pavel Heimlich <tropikhajma-9Vj9tDbzfuSlVyrhU4qvOw@public.gmane.org>
Phil Endecott <phil_vonar_endecott-wZDNlLIRyE5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
Thomas Huriaux <thomas.huriaux-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Vincent Lefevre <vincent-opTGSl+ZDNkdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

Apologies if I missed anyone!


Global changes
--------------

stdarg.3
bootparam.7
    Thomas Huriaux
        Fix broken use of single quotes at start of line,
        as per: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=462636

Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several places.

New pages
---------

remove_COLOPHON.sh
    mtk
        Script to remove the COLOPHON section from the man pages provided
        as command-line arguments.  This is useful to remove the COLOPHON
        sections from all of the man pages in two different release trees
        in order to do a "diff -ruN" to see the "real" differences
        between the trees.


Changes to individual pages
---------------------------

fcntl.2
    mtk
        Replace tables with .TP macros.

fork.2
    mtk
        Added discussion of directory streams.
        Removed "#include <sys/types>" from SYNOPSIS.
        Changed authorship notice.

futex.2
    mtk
        Add ENOSYS error to errors.
    Phil Endecott
        Explicitly describe return value in the event of an error.

inotify_add_watch.2
    mtk
        Minor wording changes.

splice.2
    WANG Cong
        Fix types for 2 and 4 arguments in splice prototype.

wait.2
    Phil Endecott
        Clarify description of return value for WNOHANG.

tkill.2
    mtk
        Rewrote DESCRIPTION; emphasized that tkill() is obsoleted by
        tgkill().

alloca.3
    mtk
        Change description in NAME section.
        Various rewrites and additions (including notes on longjmp() and
        SIGSEGV).
    mtk / Vincent Lefevre
        Weaken warning against use of alloca(), and
        point out some cases where it can be useful;
        as per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=461100.

bootparam.7
    Pavel Heimlich
        Remove junk line.

inotify.7
    mtk
        Replace tables with .TP macros.

-- 
Michael Kerrisk
Maintainer of the Linux man-pages project
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Want to report a man-pages bug?  Look here:
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