Re: [PATCH v1 00/19] man/man2/*: Update history of syscalls A-CH

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

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Hi Seth,

On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 11:54:29AM +0000, Seth McDonald wrote:
> Heya all,
> 
> Continuing the updating of HISTORY sections, this patch set regards
> system calls whose identifiers start with A through CH.  This time, more
> care was taken to ensure any modified lists are given in a somewhat
> chronological order.
> 
> As hinted at previously on this list, searching for a *truely*
> chronological ordering is likely a futile effort given the seemingly
> circular influences between many early systems.  But an approximation of
> this ordering based on our limited information can still be useful.
> Which is the attitude with which these patches were made.

Thanks!  I've applied most patches.  The ones that document non-const
old prototypes, I've not applied those; all others have been applied.

> And on another note, I think I've found a way to stop Proton Mail from
> corrupting patches.  So my patches should henceforth all be PGP-signed,
> assuming my workaround is sufficient.

Yup; that worked!  All patches were correctly signed, and none were
corrupted (or at least I didn't notice).  Out of curiosity, what was the
workaround?  And how did you sign the patches?  Was it with neomutt(1)?  


Have a lovely night!
Alex

> 
> Seth McDonald (19):
>   man/man2/access.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of access(2)
>   man/man2/access.2: HISTORY: Specify different access(2) prototypes
>   man/man2/access.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
>     faccessat(2)
>   man/man2/alarm.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of alarm(2)
>   man/man2/chdir.2: HISTORY: Split chdir(2) and fchdir(2)
>   man/man2/chdir.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of chdir(2)
>   man/man2/chdir.2: HISTORY: Specify different chdir(2) prototypes
>   man/man2/chdir.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of fchdir(2)
>   man/man2/chmod.2: HISTORY: Split chmod(2) and fchmod(2)
>   man/man2/chmod.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of chmod(2)
>   man/man2/chmod.2: HISTORY: Specify different chmod(2) prototypes
>   man/man2/chmod.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of fchmod(2)
>   man/man2/chmod.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
>     AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
>   man/man2/chown.2: HISTORY: Split chown(2), fchown(2), and lchown(2)
>   man/man2/chown.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of chown(2)
>   man/man2/chown.2: HISTORY: Specify different chown(2) prototypes
>   man/man2/chown.2: HISTORY: Update first SUS appearance of fchown(2)
>   man/man2/chown.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of lchown(2)
>   man/man2/chroot.2: HISTORY: Update first SUS appearance of chroot(2)
> 
>  man/man2/access.2 | 14 ++++++++++++--
>  man/man2/alarm.2  |  4 +++-
>  man/man2/chdir.2  | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
>  man/man2/chmod.2  | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
>  man/man2/chown.2  | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
>  man/man2/chroot.2 |  5 ++++-
>  6 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> Range-diff against v0:
>  -:  ------------ >  1:  58a0a70c6308 man/man2/access.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of access(2)
>  -:  ------------ >  2:  d87c7800e0f5 man/man2/access.2: HISTORY: Specify different access(2) prototypes
>  -:  ------------ >  3:  7e6b054be57e man/man2/access.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of faccessat(2)
>  -:  ------------ >  4:  51224c3d2e6c man/man2/alarm.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of alarm(2)
>  -:  ------------ >  5:  c6961e073ad1 man/man2/chdir.2: HISTORY: Split chdir(2) and fchdir(2)
>  -:  ------------ >  6:  61d257dc5032 man/man2/chdir.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of chdir(2)
>  -:  ------------ >  7:  b367400491b2 man/man2/chdir.2: HISTORY: Specify different chdir(2) prototypes
>  -:  ------------ >  8:  d6316545d253 man/man2/chdir.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of fchdir(2)
>  -:  ------------ >  9:  ce5b927c6695 man/man2/chmod.2: HISTORY: Split chmod(2) and fchmod(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 10:  de87aa2b3e28 man/man2/chmod.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of chmod(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 11:  02eef8835d60 man/man2/chmod.2: HISTORY: Specify different chmod(2) prototypes
>  -:  ------------ > 12:  691b1ee71099 man/man2/chmod.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of fchmod(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 13:  bc1d06a06e9e man/man2/chmod.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
>  -:  ------------ > 14:  2981d5702b65 man/man2/chown.2: HISTORY: Split chown(2), fchown(2), and lchown(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 15:  fccd134bc9d7 man/man2/chown.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of chown(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 16:  ece23c04dc89 man/man2/chown.2: HISTORY: Specify different chown(2) prototypes
>  -:  ------------ > 17:  bf9099a04c4f man/man2/chown.2: HISTORY: Update first SUS appearance of fchown(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 18:  5abf94a520b5 man/man2/chown.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of lchown(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 19:  fd08b4cf0a52 man/man2/chroot.2: HISTORY: Update first SUS appearance of chroot(2)
> 
> base-commit: 91fa6d909b1171bc2361b5b2192c11c8be06a7d1
> -- 
> 2.47.3
> 



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