From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98FEBC4332F for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2023 16:24:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231785AbjKAQY4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Nov 2023 12:24:56 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:49018 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231233AbjKAQYz (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Nov 2023 12:24:55 -0400 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 00804101 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2023 09:24:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D0433C433C7; Wed, 1 Nov 2023 16:24:47 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1698855888; bh=N5e2RMUAV5qgWYXAeXkpBnEOaQUqyYEOcAFpDehOA6A=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=bg3oKJ5/UjzoD8Yvf4fsMljIL9H65uVFCIH6UEASTAI44M1zo/5ZK4IBfnceRVG7d tovVnj7O0XdMYDWBQZ0Y6WyIWtUF0wUgkalZhSbjNQOnNklsJ4QHByhaeVYg0gZpls CeOJkQnS+UFIFhBWEXx6WsReLWejgkVtl1Qq0mblcqj65E0WlTJZxfASBZK1wMeMSk arFkf9f4vUoFw/kpA/JLNELOzY/qHQGdxFDknr+WhpziFOwNbOJv2NLYq0QXhkgf4A Oc7ZlH+Bg//jIFLHy9yuy4UclXQxXfX2tawD8pdIGSRsclMQYM9GR2RTuvV7ScEtLh GU+FVknzlr57g== Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 17:24:45 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: Helge Kreutzmann Cc: mario.blaettermann@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Issue in man page bcmp.3. Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="twW9TbQbfytGd+Mo" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org --twW9TbQbfytGd+Mo Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 17:24:45 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: Helge Kreutzmann Cc: mario.blaettermann@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Issue in man page bcmp.3. Hi Helge, On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 02:02:12PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Without further ado, the following was found: >=20 > Issue: Who is "it"? > "B() is identical to B(3); use it instead." Considering that the rest of the page is there just to say this function is deprecated and even removed from POSIX, I guess a suggestion to use 'it' can only mean use the other one, that is, memcmp(3). Here's the entire page: bcmp(3) Library Functions Manual bcmp(3) NAME bcmp - compare byte sequences LIBRARY Standard C library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include [[deprecated]] int bcmp(const void s1[.n], const void s2[.n], size_t = n); DESCRIPTION bcmp() is identical to memcmp(3); use it instead. STANDARDS None. HISTORY 4.3BSD. Marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1=E2=80=902001; removed= in POSIX.1=E2=80=902008. SEE ALSO memcmp(3) Linux man=E2=80=90pages (unreleased) (date) bcm= p(3) Cheers, Alex --=20 --twW9TbQbfytGd+Mo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEE6jqH8KTroDDkXfJAnowa+77/2zIFAmVCe80ACgkQnowa+77/ 2zLoLRAAmFTpG7rkBbS7UK8Yt+39uTjQON+SRezvXm11WnHRsjDxM1VCDqXHLeUe URe8KlAfBfGiqh8hCe9QYK8/TTRiJmWDjkBYEu1sDEDHUtY/Xw6JALb3keRC8hLq HWI7lsxOwR9m4URZywm7euOgioILkNBkkZnGuWOB4ZQYyI0DMOGqgjgWrijkbd7M MC9uSEcRm2y3dIqewoj6sgQfVlORRnT5OlCL3tZWkt7LM+yxiAY9NmzMd5HY8nI+ VPTnB67xU1aJhlG870niADp7xhFdKtRY0HwXT/38+otNn5E1C5wTHcWV+UZRS4WE fk5D4Ingkd/gF0JLJkkOosiBGzjduZFHNTxJ12uKqkYl4fkZX2EQEt+8U+LbZ/mM WwcD8GQcnlTozZZ2Pum4RGa6C1rVZMBdtcyGno94YOgwiYCTZ+o170tPkK7TVatn wviSMBck+cDpPLgwP8+xsYXpOymWDKr3tjwNuX+q8vLlvjRdtM9udyo0KuenDnZF 9Dt3WnCrQWTwII+Pk0sPiazLJ0pp95bhwGZEUaMFsCOnMxTW4Z1+eY7DSIpXxNG2 KqkYz4mhhOaxIgrNAPp9w9+b6ruc8Lh5G3YHAmoKpsBezUqP5KURVeqOSvRAyCnw 8yCWO2CoMhVThKUQvLhPi6ZaIGeZ5+SawxLEWtyvN6l4clfNGpk= =oR3n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --twW9TbQbfytGd+Mo--