From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: [PATCH] futex.2: drop pointless editorializing Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 23:21:31 +0200 Message-ID: <5616DE5B.9090702@gmail.com> References: <1442636954-31590-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1442636954-31590-1-git-send-email-vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Mike Frysinger Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org 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 -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html