From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F08EC64EB1 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 10:10:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B96920989 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 10:10:48 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 4B96920989 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=snthhacks.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726052AbeLGKKr (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2018 05:10:47 -0500 Received: from snthhacks.com ([163.172.141.14]:49074 "EHLO smtp.snthhacks.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725976AbeLGKKr (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2018 05:10:47 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 521 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 07 Dec 2018 05:10:45 EST Received: from localhost (c-76-102-127-154.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [76.102.127.154]) by smtp.snthhacks.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E14DA1801BC for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 10:02:02 +0000 (UTC) From: Seth Girvan To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] libuuid: fix man page typos Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 02:02:00 -0800 Message-Id: <20181207100200.23361-1-snth@snthhacks.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.19.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Seth Girvan --- libuuid/man/uuid.3 | 4 ++-- libuuid/man/uuid_generate.3 | 10 +++++----- libuuid/man/uuid_parse.3 | 4 ++-- libuuid/man/uuid_unparse.3 | 2 +- 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/libuuid/man/uuid.3 b/libuuid/man/uuid.3 index 13ab7a8f4..7d6aeb126 100644 --- a/libuuid/man/uuid.3 +++ b/libuuid/man/uuid.3 @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ be used, for instance, to generate unique HTTP cookies across multiple web servers without communication between the servers, and without fear of a name clash. .SH "CONFORMING TO" -This library generates UUIDs compatible OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3 and -V5 compatible with RFC-4122. +This library generates UUIDs compatible with OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs +V3 and V5 compatible with RFC-4122. .SH AUTHOR Theodore Y.\& Ts'o .SH AVAILABILITY diff --git a/libuuid/man/uuid_generate.3 b/libuuid/man/uuid_generate.3 index d30075905..e93dc79e1 100644 --- a/libuuid/man/uuid_generate.3 +++ b/libuuid/man/uuid_generate.3 @@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ The .B uuid_generate_time function forces the use of the alternative algorithm which uses the current time and the local ethernet MAC address (if available). -This algorithm used to be the default one used to generate UUID, but +This algorithm used to be the default one used to generate UUIDs, but because of the use of the ethernet MAC address, it can leak information about when and where the UUID was generated. This can cause privacy problems in some applications, so the .B uuid_generate function only uses this algorithm if a high-quality source of randomness is not available. To guarantee uniqueness of UUIDs generated -by concurrently running processes, the uuid library uses global +by concurrently running processes, the uuid library uses a global clock state counter (if the process has permissions to gain exclusive access to this file) and/or the .B uuidd @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ whether the UUID has been generated in a safe manner, use .sp The .B uuid_generate_time_safe -is similar to +function is similar to .BR uuid_generate_time , except that it returns a value which denotes whether any of the synchronization mechanisms (see above) has been used. @@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ The newly created UUID is returned in the memory location pointed to by .B uuid_generate_time_safe returns zero if the UUID has been generated in a safe manner, \-1 otherwise. .SH "CONFORMING TO" -This library generates UUIDs compatible OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3 and -V5 compatible with RFC-4122. +This library generates UUIDs compatible with OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs +V3 and V5 compatible with RFC-4122. .SH AUTHOR Theodore Y.\& Ts'o .SH AVAILABILITY diff --git a/libuuid/man/uuid_parse.3 b/libuuid/man/uuid_parse.3 index 50b2c87b6..156d15ddd 100644 --- a/libuuid/man/uuid_parse.3 +++ b/libuuid/man/uuid_parse.3 @@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ stored in the location pointed to by .IR uu , otherwise \-1 is returned. .SH "CONFORMING TO" -This library parses UUIDs compatible OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3 and -V5 compatible with RFC-4122. +This library parses UUIDs compatible with OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3 +and V5 compatible with RFC-4122. .SH AUTHOR Theodore Y.\& Ts'o .SH AVAILABILITY diff --git a/libuuid/man/uuid_unparse.3 b/libuuid/man/uuid_unparse.3 index 8fb7a5956..7f708f057 100644 --- a/libuuid/man/uuid_unparse.3 +++ b/libuuid/man/uuid_unparse.3 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The .B uuid_unparse function converts the supplied UUID .I uu -from the binary representation into a 36-byte string (plus tailing '\e0') +from the binary representation into a 36-byte string (plus trailing '\e0') of the form 1b4e28ba\-2fa1\-11d2\-883f\-0016d3cca427 and stores this value in the character string pointed to by .IR out . -- 2.19.2