[PATCH] umount.2: Homogeneous wording, don't recall function name

[PATCH] umount.2: Homogeneous wording, don't recall function name

[Simon Paillard]

See:
	man2/link.2:An invalid flag value was specified in
	man2/swapon.2:An invalid flag value was specified in
	man2/umount.2:An invalid flag value was specified in
	man2/unlink.2:An invalid flag value was specified in
---
 man2/umount.2 | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/umount.2 b/man2/umount.2
index 86fff50..18a87a0 100644
--- a/man2/umount.2
+++ b/man2/umount.2
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ or
 .BR MNT_FORCE .
 .TP
 .BR EINVAL " (since Linux 2.6.34)"
-.BR umount2 ()
-was called with an invalid flag value in
+An invalid flag value was specified in
 .IR flags .
 .TP
 .B ENAMETOOLONG
-- 
1.8.5.3

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Re: [PATCH] umount.2: Homogeneous wording, don't recall function name

[Simon Paillard]

Hi,

On Sat, Mar 01, 2014 at 12:36:58AM +0100, Simon Paillard wrote:
> See:
> 	man2/link.2:An invalid flag value was specified in
> 	man2/swapon.2:An invalid flag value was specified in
> 	man2/umount.2:An invalid flag value was specified in
> 	man2/unlink.2:An invalid flag value was specified in

Forget this patch, as umount manpage explains both umount() and umount2(),
hence the need to explicit which function EINVAL details are about. 

> ---
>  man2/umount.2 | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/umount.2 b/man2/umount.2
> index 86fff50..18a87a0 100644
> --- a/man2/umount.2
> +++ b/man2/umount.2
> @@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ or
>  .BR MNT_FORCE .
>  .TP
>  .BR EINVAL " (since Linux 2.6.34)"
> -.BR umount2 ()
> -was called with an invalid flag value in
> +An invalid flag value was specified in
>  .IR flags .
>  .TP
>  .B ENAMETOOLONG
> -- 
> 1.8.5.3

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Re: [PATCH] umount.2: Homogeneous wording, don't recall function name

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On 03/01/2014 03:42 AM, Simon Paillard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sat, Mar 01, 2014 at 12:36:58AM +0100, Simon Paillard wrote:
>> See:
>> 	man2/link.2:An invalid flag value was specified in
>> 	man2/swapon.2:An invalid flag value was specified in
>> 	man2/umount.2:An invalid flag value was specified in
>> 	man2/unlink.2:An invalid flag value was specified in
> 
> Forget this patch, as umount manpage explains both umount() and umount2(),
> hence the need to explicit which function EINVAL details are about. 

Yup. 

Thanks,

Michael



>> ---
>>  man2/umount.2 | 3 +--
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/man2/umount.2 b/man2/umount.2
>> index 86fff50..18a87a0 100644
>> --- a/man2/umount.2
>> +++ b/man2/umount.2
>> @@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ or
>>  .BR MNT_FORCE .
>>  .TP
>>  .BR EINVAL " (since Linux 2.6.34)"
>> -.BR umount2 ()
>> -was called with an invalid flag value in
>> +An invalid flag value was specified in
>>  .IR flags .
>>  .TP
>>  .B ENAMETOOLONG
>> -- 
>> 1.8.5.3
> 


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