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From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
To: linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
	Mark Harris <mark.hsj@gmail.com>,
	 "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>,
	Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu>,
	 Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/4] str*.3, mem*.3: NAME: Explain the names
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:49:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1785023118.git.alx@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e1446fbce9d76cea797cf058f74ab0a63b744205.1782995502.git.alx@kernel.org>

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Hi,

Here's v3 of this patch set.  Changes:

-  Move change that accidentally was in patch 2/4 into patch 1/4.
-  Also add strndup expansion in strdup/strndup(3)
-  Clarify what 'fry' means in strfry(3).
-  Add Acked-by Serge.


Have a lovely night!
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 v2:
1:  b17a1548f3ab ! 1:  b3feb733f5fd man/man3/str*.3: NAME: Explain the names
    @@ man/man3/strdup.3
      .TH strdup 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
      .SH NAME
     -strdup, strndup \- duplicate a string
    -+strdup, strndup \- string duplicate
    ++strdup, strndup \- string/nonstring duplicate
      .SH LIBRARY
      Standard C library
      .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
    @@ man/man3/strfry.3
      .TH strfry 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
      .SH NAME
     -strfry \- randomize a string
    -+strfry \- string fry
    ++strfry \- string fry (obfuscate)
      .SH LIBRARY
      Standard C library
      .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
2:  a7508ac0f477 ! 2:  7a06ee7f7e76 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>
    +    Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <sergeh@kernel.org>
         Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
     
    - ## man/man3/strfry.3 ##
    -@@
    - .\"
    - .TH strfry 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
    - .SH NAME
    --strfry \- string fry
    -+strfry \- string fry (obfuscate)
    - .SH LIBRARY
    - Standard C library
    - .RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
    -
      ## man/man3/strpbrk.3 ##
     @@ man/man3/strpbrk.3: .SH STANDARDS
      C11, POSIX.1-2008.
3:  dcc7a485cbe0 ! 3:  69f0c458bec5 man/man3/mem*.3: NAME: Explain the names
    @@ Commit message
         Cc: Mark Harris <mark.hsj@gmail.com>
         Cc: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
         Cc: Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu>
    +    Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <sergeh@kernel.org>
         Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
     
      ## man/man3/memalign.3 ##
4:  89d3fbe27c06 = 4:  dcd1507df29b man/man3/[b]string.3: Rewrite and merge
-- 
2.53.0


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-25 23:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ 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 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] str*.3, mem*.3: " Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-08 15:09   ` [PATCH v2 1/4] man/man3/str*.3: " Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-24 18:52     ` sergeh
2026-07-25 22:09       ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-08 15:09   ` [PATCH v2 2/4] man/man3/strpbrk.3: BUGS: Clarify the NAME Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-24 18:53     ` sergeh
2026-07-25 22:10       ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-08 15:09   ` [PATCH v2 3/4] man/man3/mem*.3: NAME: Explain the names Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-24 18:55     ` sergeh
2026-07-08 15:09   ` [PATCH v2 4/4] man/man3/[b]string.3: Rewrite and merge Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-25 23:49 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2026-07-25 23:49   ` [PATCH v3 1/4] man/man3/str*.3: NAME: Explain the names Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-25 23:50   ` [PATCH v3 2/4] man/man3/strpbrk.3: BUGS: Clarify the NAME Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-25 23:50   ` [PATCH v3 3/4] man/man3/mem*.3: NAME: Explain the names Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-25 23:50   ` [PATCH v3 4/4] man/man3/[b]string.3: Rewrite and merge Alejandro Colomar

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