-==================== Changes in man-pages-2.41 ====================
+==================== Changes in man-pages-2.?? ====================
-Released: 2006-10-12
+Released: 2006-??-??
Contributors
------------
The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have
been incorporated in changes in this release:
-Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
-Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
-Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
-Britton Leo Kerin <bkerin_rb@letterboxes.org>
-Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
-Guillem Jover <guillem@hadrons.org>
-Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
-Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
-Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>
-Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
-Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
-Senthil Kumar <senthilkumar_sen@hotpop.com>
-Stefan Puiu <stefanpuiuro@yahoo.com>
-Stuart MacDonald <stuartm@connecttech.com>
-Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Apologies if I missed anyone!
New pages
---------
-splice.2
-tee.2
-vmsplice.2
- Jens Axboe / Michael Kerrisk
- See also:
- http://lwn.net/Articles/118760/
- http://lwn.net/Articles/178199/
- http://lwn.net/Articles/179492/
- http://kerneltrap.org/node/6505
- http://lwn.net/Articles/179434/
Changes to individual pages
---------------------------
-ldd.1
- Stefan Puiu
- Note glibc version where "ldd -u" appeared.
-
-execve.2
- mtk
- The PR_SET_NAME setting is not preserved across an execve().
-
-fork.2
- mtk
- Mappings marked with madvise(MADV_DONTFORK) are not inherited
- by child.
-
-getdtablesize.2
- mtk
- Noted that sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) is preferred in portable
- applications.
-
-getpagesize.2
- mtk
- Noted that sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE) is preferred in portable
- applications.
- _SC_PAGE_SIZE is available on most systems.
-
-madvise.2
- mtk
- Document MADV_REMOVE, new in 2.6.16.
- Document MADV_DONTFORK / MADV_DOFORK, new in 2.6.16.
-
-mount.2
- mtk / Trond Myklebust
- MNT_FORCE can cause data loss.
-
-mmap.2
- mtk
- Added note on Linux's old (pre-2.6.12) buggy treatment of
- length==0.
- Justin Pryzby / mtk
- Added some EINVAL errors.
-
-mremap.2
- mtk
- Remove superfluous "#include <unistd.h>" from SYNOPSIS.
-
-msync.2
- mtk
- Added EBUSY error for case where MS_INVALIDATE is applied to
- a locked region.
-
-prctl.2
- Marcel Holtmann / mtk
- Since kernel 2.6.18, setting 2 for PR_SET_DUMPABLE is no longer
- possible.
- Guillem Jover
- Updated Linux versions where the options where introduced.
- Added PR_SET_TIMING, PR_GET_TIMING, PR_SET_NAME, PR_GET_NAME,
- PR_SET_UNALIGN, PR_GET_UNALIGN, PR_SET_FPEMU, PR_GET_FPEMU,
- PR_SET_FPEXC, PR_GET_FPEXC.
- Michael Kerrisk
- Document PR_GET_ENDIAN and PR_SET_ENDIAN.
-
-remap_file_pages.2
- mtk
- Add "#define _GNU_SOURCE" to SYNOPSIS.
-
-sync_file_range.2
- mtk
- Noted that sync_file_range() appeared in kernel 2.6.17.
-
-vfork.2
- mtk
- Noted interactions with fork handlers in multithreaded programs.
-
-wait4.2
- mtk
- Added feature test macros to SYNOPSIS.
-
-clog2.3
- mtk / aeb / Kevin Ryde
- Fix broken text in description.
- See Debian bug 386214.
-
-clog10.3
- Kevin Ryde
- Fix broken text in description.
- See Debian bug 386214.
-
-mq_receive.3
- Britton Leo Kerin
- Fix return type in SYNOPSIS; should be "ssize_t" not "mqd_t".
- See Debian bug 387551.
-
-posix_fadvise.2
- Andrew Morton
- Since 2.6.18, POSIX_FADV_NOREUSE is a no-op.
-
-qsort.2
- Hrvoje Niksic
- Fix wording referring to the use of strcmp() in 'compar'
- function.
- See Debian bug 391402.
-
-sendfile.2
- mtk
- Added SEE ALSO referring to new splice.2 page.
-
-termios.3
- mtk
- Documented IUTF8 (which was new in kernel 2.6.4).
-
-tzset.3
- mtk
- Added some TZ examples.
- See Debian bug 386087.
-
-proc.5
- mtk
- Added delayacct_blkio_ticks (new in 2.6.18) to /proc/PID/statm.
-
-ip.7
- Stuart MacDonald / Andi Kleen
- Fix discussion for TCP error queue /IP_RECVERR on TCP.
-
-pthreads.7
- mtk
- Noted effect of RLIMIT_STACK resource limit for NPTL.
-
-socket.7
- Senthil Kumar
- Place socket options in alphabetical order.
regex.7
mtk / Alain Portal
Change references to "1003.2" to "POSIX.2".
+
+
+==================== Changes in man-pages-2.41 ====================
+
+Released: 2006-10-12
+
+Contributors
+------------
+
+The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have
+been incorporated in changes in this release:
+
+Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
+Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
+Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
+Britton Leo Kerin <bkerin_rb@letterboxes.org>
+Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
+Guillem Jover <guillem@hadrons.org>
+Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
+Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
+Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>
+Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
+Senthil Kumar <senthilkumar_sen@hotpop.com>
+Stefan Puiu <stefanpuiuro@yahoo.com>
+Stuart MacDonald <stuartm@connecttech.com>
+Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
+
+Apologies if I missed anyone!
+
+
+Global changes
+--------------
+
+Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
+places.
+
+
+New pages
+---------
+
+splice.2
+tee.2
+vmsplice.2
+ Jens Axboe / Michael Kerrisk
+ See also:
+ http://lwn.net/Articles/118760/
+ http://lwn.net/Articles/178199/
+ http://lwn.net/Articles/179492/
+ http://kerneltrap.org/node/6505
+ http://lwn.net/Articles/179434/
+
+Changes to individual pages
+---------------------------
+
+ldd.1
+ Stefan Puiu
+ Note glibc version where "ldd -u" appeared.
+
+execve.2
+ mtk
+ The PR_SET_NAME setting is not preserved across an execve().
+
+fork.2
+ mtk
+ Mappings marked with madvise(MADV_DONTFORK) are not inherited
+ by child.
+
+getdtablesize.2
+ mtk
+ Noted that sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) is preferred in portable
+ applications.
+
+getpagesize.2
+ mtk
+ Noted that sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE) is preferred in portable
+ applications.
+ _SC_PAGE_SIZE is available on most systems.
+
+madvise.2
+ mtk
+ Document MADV_REMOVE, new in 2.6.16.
+ Document MADV_DONTFORK / MADV_DOFORK, new in 2.6.16.
+
+mount.2
+ mtk / Trond Myklebust
+ MNT_FORCE can cause data loss.
+
+mmap.2
+ mtk
+ Added note on Linux's old (pre-2.6.12) buggy treatment of
+ length==0.
+ Justin Pryzby / mtk
+ Added some EINVAL errors.
+
+mremap.2
+ mtk
+ Remove superfluous "#include <unistd.h>" from SYNOPSIS.
+
+msync.2
+ mtk
+ Added EBUSY error for case where MS_INVALIDATE is applied to
+ a locked region.
+
+posix_fadvise.2
+ Andrew Morton
+ Since 2.6.18, POSIX_FADV_NOREUSE is a no-op.
+
+prctl.2
+ Marcel Holtmann / mtk
+ Since kernel 2.6.18, setting 2 for PR_SET_DUMPABLE is no longer
+ possible.
+ Guillem Jover
+ Updated Linux versions where the options where introduced.
+ Added PR_SET_TIMING, PR_GET_TIMING, PR_SET_NAME, PR_GET_NAME,
+ PR_SET_UNALIGN, PR_GET_UNALIGN, PR_SET_FPEMU, PR_GET_FPEMU,
+ PR_SET_FPEXC, PR_GET_FPEXC.
+ Michael Kerrisk
+ Document PR_GET_ENDIAN and PR_SET_ENDIAN.
+
+remap_file_pages.2
+ mtk
+ Add "#define _GNU_SOURCE" to SYNOPSIS.
+
+sync_file_range.2
+ mtk
+ Noted that sync_file_range() appeared in kernel 2.6.17.
+
+vfork.2
+ mtk
+ Noted interactions with fork handlers in multithreaded programs.
+
+wait4.2
+ mtk
+ Added feature test macros to SYNOPSIS.
+
+clog2.3
+ mtk / aeb / Kevin Ryde
+ Fix broken text in description.
+ See Debian bug 386214.
+
+clog10.3
+ Kevin Ryde
+ Fix broken text in description.
+ See Debian bug 386214.
+
+mq_receive.3
+ Britton Leo Kerin
+ Fix return type in SYNOPSIS; should be "ssize_t" not "mqd_t".
+ See Debian bug 387551.
+
+qsort.2
+ Hrvoje Niksic
+ Fix wording referring to the use of strcmp() in 'compar'
+ function.
+ See Debian bug 391402.
+
+sendfile.2
+ mtk
+ Added SEE ALSO referring to new splice.2 page.
+
+termios.3
+ mtk
+ Documented IUTF8 (which was new in kernel 2.6.4).
+
+tzset.3
+ mtk
+ Added some TZ examples.
+ See Debian bug 386087.
+
+proc.5
+ mtk
+ Added delayacct_blkio_ticks (new in 2.6.18) to /proc/PID/statm.
+
+ip.7
+ Stuart MacDonald / Andi Kleen
+ Fix discussion for TCP error queue /IP_RECVERR on TCP.
+
+pthreads.7
+ mtk
+ Noted effect of RLIMIT_STACK resource limit for NPTL.
+
+socket.7
+ Senthil Kumar
+ Place socket options in alphabetical order.
+
RELEASE
The Linux man page maintainer proudly announces. . .
- man-pages-2.41.tar.gz - man pages for Linux
+ man-pages-2.42.tar.gz - man pages for Linux
Differences from the previous manual pages release are listed in
the file "Changes".
Begin3
Title: Section 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 man pages for Linux
-Version: 2.41
-Entered-date: 2006-10-12
+Version: 2.42
+Entered-date: 2006-??-??
Description: Linux and POSIX manual pages
Keywords: man pages
Author: several
Maintained-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages@gmx.net>
-Primary-site: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages
- 2612k man-pages-2.41.tar.gz
-Alternate-site: ftp://ftp.XX.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages
+Primary-site: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages
+ ????k man-pages-2.42.tar.gz
+Alternate-site: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages
Copying-policy: several; for the POSIX pages, see the file POSIX-COPYRIGHT;
the other pages are all freely distributable as long as
nroff source is provided
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