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To: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: [Bug 52741] New: getnameinfo man page has inappropriate text copied from getaddrinfo
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:50:30 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bug-52741-11311@https.bugzilla.kernel.org/> (raw)

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52741

           Summary: getnameinfo man page has inappropriate text copied
                    from getaddrinfo
           Product: Documentation
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: man-pages
        AssignedTo: documentation_man-pages-ztI5WcYan/vQLgFONoPN62D2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org
        ReportedBy: bigpeteb-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
        Regression: No


As of release 3.43 on 2012-08-05, the man page for getnameinfo(3) contains the
following in its first paragraph:

"It combines the functionality of gethostbyaddr(3) and getservbyport(3),  but 
unlike those functions, getaddrinfo(3) is reentrant and allows programs to
eliminate IPv4-versus-IPv6 dependencies."

This text is identical to what's in getaddrinfo(3).  It seems someone copied it
but didn't rewrite it to describe the functions that getnameinfo(3) is intended
to replace.

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             reply	other threads:[~2013-01-15 14:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-15 14:50 bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r [this message]
     [not found] ` <bug-52741-11311-3bo0kxnWaOQUvHkbgXJLS5sdmw4N0Rt+2LY78lusg7I@public.gmane.org/>
2013-01-15 19:46   ` [Bug 52741] getnameinfo man page has inappropriate text copied from getaddrinfo bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r
     [not found]     ` <20130115194601.9BFD311FB6C-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-25 20:13       ` David Prévot
2013-01-25 20:46         ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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