[PATCH] times.2: an incorrect description in NOTES

[PATCH] times.2: an incorrect description in NOTES

[Kondo, Naoya]

Hi,

times(2) man page has an incorrect description in NOTES, it says that
(2^32/HZ) - 300 is about 429 million. It is correct only if HZ=10 which
does not look common today. So just removing "(i.e., about 429 million)"
is good enough.

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Signed-off-by: Naoya Kondo <kondo-naoya-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>

--- man-pages-4.04/man2/times.2	2015-12-29 21:51:44.000000000 +0900
+++ man-pages-4.04-fix/man2/times.2	2016-02-25 12:04:33.062739815 +0900
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 is measured has varied across kernel versions.
 On Linux 2.4 and earlier this point is the moment the system was booted.
 Since Linux 2.6, this point is \fI(2^32/HZ) \- 300\fP
-(i.e., about 429 million) seconds before system boot time.
+seconds before system boot time.
 This variability across kernel versions (and across UNIX implementations),
 combined with the fact that the returned value may overflow the range of
 .IR clock_t ,
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Re: [PATCH] times.2: an incorrect description in NOTES

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Hello Naoya,

On 02/26/2016 05:34 AM, Kondo, Naoya wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> times(2) man page has an incorrect description in NOTES, it says that
> (2^32/HZ) - 300 is about 429 million. It is correct only if HZ=10 which
> does not look common today. So just removing "(i.e., about 429 million)"
> is good enough.

Thanks for the patch. I've applied it.

Cheers,

Michael

> ----
> Signed-off-by: Naoya Kondo <kondo-naoya-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
> 
> --- man-pages-4.04/man2/times.2	2015-12-29 21:51:44.000000000 +0900
> +++ man-pages-4.04-fix/man2/times.2	2016-02-25 12:04:33.062739815 +0900
> @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
>  is measured has varied across kernel versions.
>  On Linux 2.4 and earlier this point is the moment the system was booted.
>  Since Linux 2.6, this point is \fI(2^32/HZ) \- 300\fP
> -(i.e., about 429 million) seconds before system boot time.
> +seconds before system boot time.
>  This variability across kernel versions (and across UNIX implementations),
>  combined with the fact that the returned value may overflow the range of
>  .IR clock_t ,
> 


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