man-pages-2.66 is released

man-pages-2.66 is released

[Michael Kerrisk]

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Back to the news as usual...

I recently released man-pages-2.66.

This release is now available for download at:

    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages
    or ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages

Changes in this release that may be of interest to readers of this list are
noted below.

Cheers,

Michael
(man-pages maintenance is supported by Google, as a Google engineer 20%
project.)

==================== Changes in man-pages-2.66 ====================

New pages
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fallocate.2
    David Chinner, with some input from Amit Amora and mtk
       Describes the fallocate() system call, new in 2.6.23.


Changes to individual pages
---------------------------

close.2
    Fredrik Noring
        Add text cautioning about use of close() in
        multithreaded programs.

execve.2
    Ollie Wild / mtk
        Add text describing limit on total size of argv + envp,
        and changes that occurred with 2.6.23.

open.2
    mtk, Acked by Ulrich Drepper
        Added description of O_CLOEXEC (new in 2.6.23) + other
        minor fixes for O_DIRECT.

recv.2
    mtk
        Added description of MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC (new in 2.6.23).

sysctl.2
    mtk
        Strengthened the warning against using this system call
        and note that it may disappear in a future kernel version.