From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org
Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [patch] user_namespaces.7: Fix two groff warnings for escape character ignored
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:07:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54EEE236.1000500@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1424939021-3059-1-git-send-email-saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
Hi Stéphane
When do you see these warnings? (I'm not seeing them.)
Cheers,
Michael
On 02/26/2015 09:23 AM, saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org wrote:
> From: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
>
> Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
> ---
> man7/user_namespaces.7 | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man7/user_namespaces.7 b/man7/user_namespaces.7
> index 4baf7aa..0e24d9a 100644
> --- a/man7/user_namespaces.7
> +++ b/man7/user_namespaces.7
> @@ -439,12 +439,12 @@ maps to a range starting at 0 in the (nonexistent) parent namespace,
> and the length of the range is the largest 32-bit unsigned integer.
> (This deliberately leaves 4294967295 (the 32-bit signed \-1 value) unmapped.
> This is deliberate:
> -.IR "(uid_t)\ -\1"
> +.IR "(uid_t) -1"
> is used in several interfaces (e.g.,
> .BR setreuid (2))
> as a way to specify "no user ID".
> Leaving
> -.IR "(uid_t)\ -\1"
> +.IR "(uid_t) -1"
> unmapped and unusable guarantees that there will be no
> confusion when using these interfaces.
> .\"
>
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Michael Kerrisk
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Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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2015-02-26 8:23 [patch] user_namespaces.7: Fix two groff warnings for escape character ignored saulery-GANU6spQydw
[not found] ` <1424939021-3059-1-git-send-email-saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-26 9:07 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]
[not found] ` <54EEE236.1000500-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-26 9:39 ` Stéphane Aulery
[not found] ` <20150226093938.GA3331-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-26 12:26 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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