Re: [PATCH v1 2/4] sys/man2/sysctl.2: HISTORY: wfix

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

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Hi Seth,

On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 04:42:01PM +1000, seth.i.mcdonald@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Seth McDonald <sethmcmail@pm.me>
> 
> Include 4.4BSD in the initial list in HISTORY, rather than stating the
> function's origin in 4.4BSD as a full sentence. This is more concise and
> consistent with other man pages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Seth McDonald <sethmcmail@pm.me>

Thanks!  I've applied this patch.


Have a lovely New Year!
Alex

> ---
>  man/man2/sysctl.2 | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man2/sysctl.2 b/man/man2/sysctl.2
> index c59acff553..6566c4f5be 100644
> --- a/man/man2/sysctl.2
> +++ b/man/man2/sysctl.2
> @@ -73,11 +73,10 @@ .SH ERRORS
>  .SH STANDARDS
>  Linux.
>  .SH HISTORY
> +4.4BSD,
>  Linux 1.3.57.
>  Removed in Linux 5.5, glibc 2.32.
>  .P
> -It originated in
> -4.4BSD.
>  Only Linux has the
>  .I /proc/sys
>  mirror, and the object naming schemes differ between Linux and 4.4BSD,
> -- 
> 2.47.3
> 
> 

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