From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
To: linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/4] str*.3, mem*.3: NAME: Explain the names
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 17:09:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1783523064.git.alx@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e1446fbce9d76cea797cf058f74ab0a63b744205.1782995502.git.alx@kernel.org>
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Hi!
Here's v2 of this patch set. Changes:
- Use a better description of strcoll(3), as suggested by Serge.
- Rewrite string(3).
- Make bstring(3) a link page linking to string(3).
- Also cover mem*() functions in this patch set.
See range-diff below.
Have a lovely day!
Alex
Alejandro Colomar (4):
man/man3/str*.3: NAME: Explain the names
man/man3/strpbrk.3: BUGS: Clarify the NAME
man/man3/mem*.3: NAME: Explain the names
man/man3/[b]string.3: Rewrite and merge
man/man3/bstring.3 | 81 +-------------
man/man3/memalign.3 | 4 +-
man/man3/memccpy.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/memchr.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/memcmp.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/memcpy.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/memfrob.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/memmem.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/memmove.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/mempcpy.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/memset.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strcasecmp.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strchr.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strcmp.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strcoll.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strcpy.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strdup.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strerror.3 | 5 +-
man/man3/strfmon.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strfromd.3 | 3 +-
man/man3/strfry.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strftime.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/string.3 | 241 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
man/man3/strlen.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strncat.3 | 5 +-
man/man3/strnlen.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strpbrk.3 | 6 +-
man/man3/strptime.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strsep.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strsignal.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strspn.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strtod.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strtoimax.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strtok.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strtol.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strtoul.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strverscmp.3 | 2 +-
man/man3/strxfrm.3 | 2 +-
38 files changed, 179 insertions(+), 228 deletions(-)
Range-diff against v1:
1: e1446fbce9d7 ! 1: b17a1548f3ab man/man3/str*.3: NAME: Explain the names
@@ Commit message
man/man3/str*.3: NAME: Explain the names
Reported-by: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>
+ Cc: Mark Harris <mark.hsj@gmail.com>
+ Cc: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
+ Cc: Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
## man/man3/strcasecmp.3 ##
@@ man/man3/strcoll.3
.TH strcoll 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
-strcoll \- compare two strings using the current locale
-+strcoll \- strings collate
++strcoll \- strings LC_COLLATE compare
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
2: a1c4e794224f ! 2: a7508ac0f477 man/man3/strpbrk.3: BUGS: Clarify the NAME
@@ Metadata
## Commit message ##
man/man3/strpbrk.3: BUGS: Clarify the NAME
+ Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>
+ Cc: Mark Harris <mark.hsj@gmail.com>
+ Cc: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
+ Cc: Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
## man/man3/strfry.3 ##
-: ------------ > 3: dcc7a485cbe0 man/man3/mem*.3: NAME: Explain the names
-: ------------ > 4: 89d3fbe27c06 man/man3/[b]string.3: Rewrite and merge
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-02 12:33 [PATCH v1 1/2] man/man3/str*.3: NAME: Explain the names Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-02 12:33 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] man/man3/strpbrk.3: BUGS: Clarify the NAME Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-03 5:03 ` [PATCH v1 1/2] man/man3/str*.3: NAME: Explain the names Mark Harris
2026-07-03 11:16 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-08 15:09 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2026-07-08 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] " Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-08 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] man/man3/strpbrk.3: BUGS: Clarify the NAME Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-08 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] man/man3/mem*.3: NAME: Explain the names Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-08 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] man/man3/[b]string.3: Rewrite and merge Alejandro Colomar
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