[PATCH] futex.2: drop pointless editorializing

[PATCH] futex.2: drop pointless editorializing

[Mike Frysinger]

Man pages are technical references to track reality rather than
pointlessly complain about details.
---
 man2/futex.2 | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/futex.2 b/man2/futex.2
index 64dd7fb..7bc2324 100644
--- a/man2/futex.2
+++ b/man2/futex.2
@@ -296,10 +296,8 @@ Initial futex support was merged in Linux 2.5.7 but with different semantics
 from what was described above.
 A 4-argument system call with the semantics
 described in this page was introduced in Linux 2.5.40.
-In Linux 2.5.70, one argument
-was added.
-In Linux 2.6.7, a sixth argument was added\(emmessy, especially
-on the s390 architecture.
+In Linux 2.5.70, a fifth argument was added.
+In Linux 2.6.7, a sixth argument was added.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 This system call is Linux-specific.
 .SH NOTES
-- 
2.5.1

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Re: [PATCH] futex.2: drop pointless editorializing

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Hi Mike,

On 09/19/2015 06:29 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> Man pages are technical references to track reality rather than
> pointlessly complain about details.
> ---
>  man2/futex.2 | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/futex.2 b/man2/futex.2
> index 64dd7fb..7bc2324 100644
> --- a/man2/futex.2
> +++ b/man2/futex.2
> @@ -296,10 +296,8 @@ Initial futex support was merged in Linux 2.5.7 but with different semantics
>  from what was described above.
>  A 4-argument system call with the semantics
>  described in this page was introduced in Linux 2.5.40.
> -In Linux 2.5.70, one argument
> -was added.
> -In Linux 2.6.7, a sixth argument was added\(emmessy, especially
> -on the s390 architecture.
> +In Linux 2.5.70, a fifth argument was added.
> +In Linux 2.6.7, a sixth argument was added.
>  .SH CONFORMING TO
>  This system call is Linux-specific.

Agreed that that text is pointless, but other changes that have 
been made (in a branch) in recent times meant your patch did not
apply. I made the change, but elided the two sentences into one.

Thanks for the patch!

Cheers,

Michael


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