Re: [PATCH v1 00/23] man/man2/*: Update history of syscalls CI-G

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

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Hi Seth,

On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 12:06:52PM +0000, Seth McDonald wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This patch set updates the POSIX/SUS history of system calls with
> identifiers starting with CI through G.  It also attempts to provide
> chronological order where possible, similar to the last patch set.
> 
> Although this set does begin to touch on man pages with a peculiar
> listing in their HISTORY sections.  Namely, "4.4BSD (first appeared in
> 4.2BSD)".  I ordered these as if they were just "4.4BSD", since that's
> not inside the brackets and so should be more important (otherwise I'd
> assume it'd just say "4.2BSD" instead).  Although I'm not confident in
> this choice, so any thoughts regarding this would be appreciated.

I'd replace such a thing by 4.2BSD, as you suggest.


Cheers,
Alex

> 
> Seth McDonald (23):
>   man/man2/clock_getres.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
>     clock_* syscalls
>   man/man2/close.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of close(2)
>   man/man2/dup.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of dup[2](2)
>   man/man2/execve.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of execve(2)
>   man/man2/_exit.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of _exit(2)
>   man/man2/fcntl.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of fcntl(2)
>   man/man2/fcntl_locking.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
>     locking constants
>   man/man2/fork.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of fork(2)
>   man/man2/fsync.2: HISTORY: Split fsync(2) and fdatasync(2)
>   man/man2/fsync.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of fsync(2)
>   man/man2/fsync.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
>     fdatasync(2)
>   man/man2/get[gu]id.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
>     get[e][gu]id(2)
>   man/man2/getgroups.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
>     getgroups(2)
>   man/man2/gethostname.2: HISTORY: Split gethostname(2) and
>     sethostname(2)
>   man/man2/getitimer.2: HISTORY: Update first SUS appearance of
>     [gs]etitimer(2)
>   man/man2/getpagesize.2: HISTORY: Update first SUS appearance of
>     getpagesize(2)
>   man/man2/getpid.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
>     get[p]pid(2)
>   man/man2/getpriority.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
>     [gs]etpriority(2)
>   man/man2/getresuid.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
>     getres[gu]id(2)
>   man/man2/getrlimit.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
>     [gs]etrlimit(2)
>   man/man2/getsid.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of getsid(2)
>   man/man2/getrusage.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
>     getrusage(2)
>   man/man2/gettimeofday.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of
>     gettimeofday(2)
> 
>  man/man2/_exit.2         |  4 +++-
>  man/man2/clock_getres.2  |  2 +-
>  man/man2/close.2         |  4 +++-
>  man/man2/dup.2           |  4 +++-
>  man/man2/execve.2        |  4 +++-
>  man/man2/fcntl.2         |  4 +++-
>  man/man2/fcntl_locking.2 |  4 +++-
>  man/man2/fork.2          |  4 +++-
>  man/man2/fsync.2         | 10 +++++++++-
>  man/man2/getgid.2        |  3 ++-
>  man/man2/getgroups.2     |  4 +++-
>  man/man2/gethostname.2   | 12 ++++++++----
>  man/man2/getitimer.2     |  5 ++++-
>  man/man2/getpagesize.2   |  5 +++--
>  man/man2/getpid.2        |  4 +++-
>  man/man2/getpriority.2   |  6 ++++--
>  man/man2/getresuid.2     |  3 ++-
>  man/man2/getrlimit.2     |  6 +++++-
>  man/man2/getrusage.2     |  5 ++++-
>  man/man2/getsid.2        |  7 +++++--
>  man/man2/gettimeofday.2  |  7 ++++---
>  man/man2/getuid.2        |  3 ++-
>  22 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
> 
> Range-diff against v0:
>  -:  ------------ >  1:  1a421b5ee130 man/man2/clock_getres.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of clock_* syscalls
>  -:  ------------ >  2:  5327747ac3c3 man/man2/close.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of close(2)
>  -:  ------------ >  3:  11e4b9d2ac05 man/man2/dup.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of dup[2](2)
>  -:  ------------ >  4:  5d691ee5e6a3 man/man2/execve.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of execve(2)
>  -:  ------------ >  5:  eb5b310ab4dd man/man2/_exit.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of _exit(2)
>  -:  ------------ >  6:  1f924f4f5c3c man/man2/fcntl.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of fcntl(2)
>  -:  ------------ >  7:  a44c49650063 man/man2/fcntl_locking.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of locking constants
>  -:  ------------ >  8:  7404e99ec690 man/man2/fork.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of fork(2)
>  -:  ------------ >  9:  163be42a70ea man/man2/fsync.2: HISTORY: Split fsync(2) and fdatasync(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 10:  0dfa064b051b man/man2/fsync.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of fsync(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 11:  a968c006c218 man/man2/fsync.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of fdatasync(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 12:  566fd21d97b0 man/man2/get[gu]id.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of get[e][gu]id(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 13:  a54a94c8b118 man/man2/getgroups.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of getgroups(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 14:  0097b249c950 man/man2/gethostname.2: HISTORY: Split gethostname(2) and sethostname(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 15:  824605c82a14 man/man2/getitimer.2: HISTORY: Update first SUS appearance of [gs]etitimer(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 16:  f776e452e427 man/man2/getpagesize.2: HISTORY: Update first SUS appearance of getpagesize(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 17:  c2b9d37b6208 man/man2/getpid.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of get[p]pid(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 18:  d5e7adf0a804 man/man2/getpriority.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of [gs]etpriority(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 19:  b5a7de01af52 man/man2/getresuid.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of getres[gu]id(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 20:  5e54217b8cec man/man2/getrlimit.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of [gs]etrlimit(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 21:  1bc25963021c man/man2/getsid.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of getsid(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 22:  b93c17918b36 man/man2/getrusage.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of getrusage(2)
>  -:  ------------ > 23:  00b72e770428 man/man2/gettimeofday.2: HISTORY: Update first POSIX appearance of gettimeofday(2)
> 
> base-commit: 760458adc15668e910cefbbc4f9e11ccfd454411
> -- 
> 2.47.3
> 



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