hypot.3: srcfix: add some notes about the underflow case

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+++ b/man5/nscd.conf.5
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" -*- nroff -*-
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999, 2000 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany
 .\" Author: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>
 .\"
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_SW_3_PARA)
 .\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 .\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 .\" published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 .\" General Public License for more details.
 .\"
 .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
-.\" License along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not,
-.\" write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-.\" Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+.\" License along with this manual; if not, see
+.\" <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\"
-.TH NSCD.CONF 5 2013-02-12 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH NSCD.CONF 5 2014-02-07 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
-/etc/nscd.conf \- name service cache daemon configuration file
+nscd.conf \- name service cache daemon configuration file
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The file
 .I /etc/nscd.conf
@@ -33,23 +33,23 @@ or TAB characters.
 A \(aq#\(aq (number sign) indicates the beginning of a
 comment; following characters, up to the end of the line,
 are not interpreted by nscd.
-
-Valid services are \fIpasswd\fP, \fIgroup\fP, \fIhosts\fP, \fIservices\fP
+.PP
+Valid services are \fIpasswd\fP, \fIgroup\fP, \fIhosts\fP, \fIservices\fP,
 or \fInetgroup\fP.
-
+.PP
 .B logfile
 .I debug-file-name
 .RS
 Specifies name of the file to which debug info should be written.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B debug-level
 .I value
 .RS
 Sets the desired debug level.
 The default is 0.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B threads
 .I number
 .RS
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ This is the number of threads that are started to wait for
 requests.
 At least five threads will always be created.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B max-threads
 .I number
 .RS
 Specifies the maximum number of threads.
 The default is 32.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B server-user
 .I user
 .RS
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ If this option is set, nscd will run as this user and not as root.
 If a separate cache for every user is used (\-S parameter), this
 option is ignored.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B stat-user
 .I user
 .RS
 Specifies the user who is allowed to request statistics.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B reload-count
 unlimited |
 .I number
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ Limit on the number of times a cached entry gets reloaded without being used
 before it gets removed.
 The default is 5.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B paranoia
 .I <yes|no>
 .RS
 Enabling paranoia mode causes nscd to restart itself periodically.
 The default is no.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B restart-interval
 .I time
 .RS
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ if periodic restart is enabled by enabling
 mode.
 The default is 3600.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B enable-cache
 .I service
 .I <yes|no>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Enables or disables the specified
 cache.
 The default is no.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B positive-time-to-live
 .I service
 .I value
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ is in seconds.
 Larger values increase cache hit rates and reduce mean
 response times, but increase problems with cache coherence.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B negative-time-to-live
 .I service
 .I value
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ are several files owned by UIDs (user IDs) not in system databases (for
 example untarring the Linux kernel sources as root); should be kept small
 to reduce cache coherency problems.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B suggested-size
 .I service
 .I value
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ This is the internal hash table size,
 should remain a prime number for optimum efficiency.
 The default is 211.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B check-files
 .I service
 .I <yes|no>
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ and
 .IR /etc/netgroup .
 The default is yes.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B persistent
 .I service
 .I <yes|no>
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ over server restarts; useful when
 mode is set.
 The default is no.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B shared
 .I service
 .I <yes|no>
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ that they can directly search in them instead of having to ask the
 daemon over the socket each time a lookup is performed.
 The default is no.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B max-db-size
 .I service
 .I bytes
@@ -204,32 +204,38 @@ The maximum allowable size, in bytes, of the database files for the
 .IR service .
 The default is 33554432.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 .B auto-propagate
 .I service
 .I <yes|no>
 .RS
 When set to
-.IR no
+.I no
 for
 .I passwd
-.I or
+or
 .I group
-.IR service ,
-then the
+service, then the
 .I .byname
 requests are not added to
-.IR passwd.byuid
+.I passwd.byuid
 or
 .I group.bygid
 cache.
 This can help with tables containing multiple records for the same ID.
 The default is yes.
 This option is valid only for services
-.IR passwd
+.I passwd
 and
 .IR group .
 .RE
+.SH NOTES
+The default values stated in this manual page originate
+from the source code of
+.BR nscd (8)
+and are used if not overridden in the configuration file.
+The default values used in the configuration file of
+your distribution might differ.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR nscd (8)
 .\" .SH AUTHOR