From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 589D12931D4 for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2026 01:12:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785719566; cv=none; b=qfgKG7IzW9O5uWggiMO91ohoL+jZsnIrlQfdK8kRdnzkghocGfcqTEDedPSn8fk1cwmu8bzri1rxQTEWzUWdaDEKBbXyhq57P8jo1mrAAzLCpish/2mRGnmHOqAsaQs3J1tdtgFsOJI5FnoFh+HIfo8ROEUXoIk99NGLt0m0rNo= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785719566; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Gu504Hf5kGjQPejBeHmlO5ZHMAgGjkNZ1QUjbh/aT8c=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=B/uRaCjKObtMXD1C9ClklGbFk3Z6WE0Rf/T900x49KrTA1d+l2feIi66oQi0dhwMB/ZzytawG0KSSgZL8+4rjKyCgTr3xMyJf3q/pBMukcMZCAOsd6GDteFY0mKUUT37xmJYocY01Ak+1gxS5TEnx79oF5d1o3pYTbiQ49Y3NFA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=Ywhoh9HY; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="Ywhoh9HY" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4EBF01F000E9; Mon, 3 Aug 2026 01:12:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1785719565; bh=V2BoAr3wOLwlNy+csue/iOBWnc9yPMxyCzwXfZBcTPc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=Ywhoh9HYow8KyR3ZPzFMnJVqF2YSmBpqJRsp2ZmXT5iMH9u5Xczozgpj2uXYVVoTH 1NDW1csmRKNCm/ei+iK6lCTdoYNMORq7RLdIZtJdmp3ujgAe7YC7R63T0EkXwVS/9k KLhkBkNOfplusjaN6O20j+CA5+BHxBS6Ina9rD9jaY9EGXGTuOKDB+aHMhVMkAgWz1 cu6N40RrdwFrJvBCIIGOPnFbpHaduht6e3KJCK6dAA0ZnXL+KphgGWtnVFy4w+r62t EuDb5Mt8yBYmkZV6CFUxqqRi+6KNWZ97rTAcwDtEzmySb1SkNDXj+GtCRr0QpPPZzl +mf1ndF+zE2Bg== Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 03:12:41 +0200 From: Alejandro Colomar To: Collin Funk Cc: "G. Branden Robinson" , Arsen =?utf-8?Q?Arsenovi=C4=87?= , "Maciej W. Rozycki" , Paul Eggert , linux-man@vger.kernel.org, bug-gnulib@gnu.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org Subject: Re: the Linux man-pages as an educational tool Message-ID: References: <87cxw1s58a.fsf@gmail.com> <87ik5sunm7.fsf@aarsen.me> <20260802231058.o7gud4bd7co2nbhv@illithid> <875x1sp0h2.fsf@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dfbk7oo67a3nt5fu" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: --dfbk7oo67a3nt5fu Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Alejandro Colomar To: Collin Funk Cc: "G. Branden Robinson" , Arsen =?utf-8?Q?Arsenovi=C4=87?= , "Maciej W. Rozycki" , Paul Eggert , linux-man@vger.kernel.org, bug-gnulib@gnu.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org Subject: Re: the Linux man-pages as an educational tool Message-ID: References: <87cxw1s58a.fsf@gmail.com> <87ik5sunm7.fsf@aarsen.me> <20260802231058.o7gud4bd7co2nbhv@illithid> <875x1sp0h2.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: > Date: 2026-08-03 01:43:01+0200 > From: Alejandro Colomar > > > Date: 2026-08-03 01:41:39+0200 > > From: Alejandro Colomar > > > > > Date: 2026-08-03 01:37:30+0200 > > > From: Alejandro Colomar > > > > > > Hi Collin, > > >=20 > > > > Date: 2026-08-02 16:27:21-0700 > > > > From: Collin Funk > > > > > > > [...] > > > >=20 > > > > I can't help but wonder of what happens in WG 14 rejects this > > > > controversial, as obvious by this thread, change. Will the man-pages > > > > changes be reverted? > >=20 > > > > Or will we slowly watch them document personal > > > > preferences instead of existing standards? > >=20 > > BTW, as I showed in another subthread, strncpy(3) did contain > > opinionated comments well before I was involved. If you're really > > going to accuse me of that, better make sure you get the history right. >=20 > Oh, and while at it, please also read my review of glibc's own > opinionated and bogus documentation about string truncation. --=20 --dfbk7oo67a3nt5fu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEES7Jt9u9GbmlWADAi64mZXMKQwqkFAmpv6wMACgkQ64mZXMKQ wqmjFA//SZa9IUYCauTTg3kLV6j2WjGXBFWvKZjWTiGg6120dmyZBBafN9bNyaDM 0i/SIwUIrIav8N/jl6l1NVgI0UMW33zZWek5B3tOZI9yezvKHNuxrEGhJb/HexHW b1K1tZ08WhgwRARSLXNSXbO43A2EC3gbMFOWcr1XMAnEllMF8QQLkbFdLB6dXlTo j475ow+DzjgWRqdtAAK83zoArqb20eFdQCyaAuJMXVQQBRT/Nle/5CWO/IG39HYA vjyHH50Ap3dfnBcY5LljDRrYqWDHVPeOq5A0e2TPOdTJAYCa9QrRwDmPzmAur2Wp /4L4R7hzU5NQL+t8RLsrivppokeJuxpIvaxEEf6ILN+8xsvkQkuLAhejV1jHh2Bv kPjK6xVQ2KlV53JyX0+MDZlgIZhHvcr7aTmXy6slLvZ/nRvEXzWCgmfnnwUvHQl9 +YgDJ1gJ6ZaOaHfiMXRKndsOHgaAN1ub1H/3dLkEwMrmbLwcBuHaDLajRHIj2pE7 YNV1L7/hJipzHTy5N2qDRhts7jZQdNS/TbadlpD9T3+waSsyErA21TQbVj5rQFq4 FHGkqm/1M3yJnNw46aa7pjmGflshAHPUSqGUbo0SvDDppK2NOTqcFpS00kKmMy/T 9kp0D3XMMLRGAc/kIzkun+SW1NdWk6AyTV/m0OBEqtizCTufzdA= =NjQR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dfbk7oo67a3nt5fu--