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From: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
To: "linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org >> linux-man"
	<linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)"
	<mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Fwd: [PATCH 1/1] futex.7: NPTL, avoid abbreviation
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:45:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <54E30DC6.3020307@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1424165125-6278-1-git-send-email-xypron.glpk-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>

The abbreviation NPTL cannot be assumed to be common knowledge
of all readers of futex.7.

pthread.7 has details about the NPTL pthreads implementation.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
---
 man7/futex.7 | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man7/futex.7 b/man7/futex.7
index 87d2997..c3c57f0 100644
--- a/man7/futex.7
+++ b/man7/futex.7
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ but restricts itself to issues relevant for
 application and library development.
 Most programmers will in fact not be using futexes directly but will
 instead rely on system libraries built on them,
-such as the NPTL pthreads implementation.
+such as the Native POSIX Thread Library (NPTL) (see
+.BR pthreads (7)).
 .PP
 A futex is identified by a piece of memory which can be
 shared between processes or threads.
-- 
2.1.4




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2015-02-17  9:45   ` Heinrich Schuchardt [this message]
     [not found]     ` <54E30DC6.3020307-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-21  7:56       ` Fwd: [PATCH 1/1] futex.7: NPTL, avoid abbreviation Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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