man-pages-2.68 is released

man-pages-2.68 is released

[Michael Kerrisk]

Gidday,

Repeating some old news:

1) As from now, my address as man-pages maintainer has changed
   to mtk.manpages@gmail.com.  (Mail to the old address will
   continue to work for a while, but eventually I will close
   that account.)

2) The list linux-man@vger.kernel.org has been created for
   the purpose of discussing Linux man page bugs, patches,
   and maintenance.  To subscribe, send a message to
   majordomo@vger.kernel.org, with the body:

        subscribe linux-man

Back to the news as usual...

I recently released man-pages-2.68.

This release is now available for download at:

    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages
    or ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages

    (Note the s/manpages/man-pages/ in these paths;
    a symlink with the old path will exist for
    a limited time.)

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

Cheers,

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


==================== Changes in man-pages-2.68 ====================

New pages
---------

_syscall.2
    mtk
        Created as a new page, by taking the content specific to
        the _syscall() macros from intro(2).


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

intro.2
    mtk
        Pretty much a complete rewrite, covering some additional topics.
        Moved _syscallN() material to new _syscall(2) page.

prctl.2
    mtk
        Linux 2.6.22 added support on Alpha for PR_SET_UNALIGN.

intro.3
    mtk
        Pretty much a complete rewrite, covering some additional topics.

elf.5
    Mike Frysinger
        Document:
        - new p_flag: PT_GNU_STACK
        - new sections: .gnu.version .gnu.version_d .gnu.version_r
          .note.GNU-stack
        - new structures: ElfN_Verdef ElfN_Verdaux ElfN_Verneed
          ElfN_Vernaux

proc.5
    Ivana Varekova / mtk
        Add text noting that since kernel 2.6.16, /proc/slabinfo is
        only available if CONFIG_SLAB is enabled.
    Maxime Vaudequin
        Update description of /proc/pci.
    mtk
        The display type of the /proc/PID/stat fields changed
        %lu to %u in Linux 2.6.22:
            flags
            rt_priority
            policy

slabinfo.5
    Ivana Varekova / mtk
        Add text noting that since kernel 2.6.16, /proc/slabinfo is
        only available if CONFIG_SLAB is enabled.

ipv6.7
    Andrew McDonald
        Fix description of IPV6_ROUTER_ALERT option.