-==================== Changes in man-pages-2.05 ====================
+==================== Changes in man-pages-2.06 ====================
-Released: 2005-06-27
+Released: ????-??-??
Contributors
------------
The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have
been incorporated in changes in this release:
-A Costa <agcosta@gis.net>
+Alain Portal <aportal@univ-montp2.fr>
Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
-Bas Zoetekouw <bas@debian.org>
-Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
-Delian Krustev <krustev@krustev.net>
-Dora Anna Volgyesi <volgyesi@elte.hu>
-Martin (Joey) Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
-Ove Kaaven <ovek@arcticnet.no>
+Bhavesh P Davda <bhavesh@avaya.com>
+Clau Weber <claus@jambit.com>
+David Lloyd <dlloyd@microbits.com.au>
+Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>
+Lars Wirzenius <liw@iki.fi>
+Martin Pool <mbp@sourcefrog.net>
+#### Martin (Joey) Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
+Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
+Steven Murdoch <Steven.Murdoch@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Apologies if I missed anyone!
--------------
Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
-places. (Special thanks to A Costa.)
+places.
+
+Many uses of hyphens and dashes were corrected.
New pages
---------
+Removed Pages
+-------------
+
+sstk.2
+ mtk
+ AFAIK, this sytem call has never actually done anything (other
+ than be a stub) on any Unix.
Changes to individual pages
---------------------------
-_exit.2
- mtk / aeb
- Reversed 2.04 introduction of the term "process termination
- function".
-
-close.2
+accept.2
mtk
- Clarified what type of lock close() affects.
- Minor formatting changes.
+ Various wording and formatting fixes.
-dup.2
+bind.2
mtk
- Consistent use of terms "open file description",
- "file status flags", and "file decriptor flags"
- Removed mention of lock sharing -- it was not
- accurate.
- Minor formatting fixes
+ Minor formatting changes
-fcntl.2
- mtk
- Consistent use of terms "open file description",
- "file status flags", and "file decriptor flags"
- Some rewriting of discussion of file descriptor flags
- Under F_DUPFD, replaced some text duplicated in dup.2
- with a cross ref to dup.2
- Minor wording and formatting fixes
-
-fpclassify.3
- mtk / Martin (Joey) Schulze / Bas Zoetekouw
- The return value of isinf() changed in glibc 2.02
- to differentiate positive and neagtive infinity.
- See: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=285765
-
-getgid.2
-getuid.2
- Delian Krustev
- Remove confusing text describing real and effective IDs.
- As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=285852
-
-getitimer.2
+clone.2
mtk
- The short sleep bug (up to 1 jiffy) that was newly noted in
- man-pages-2.04 has just been fixed in 2.6.12.
+ Various minor wording improvements; some formatting fixes
-getpriority.2
- mtk
- Changed range documented in main text from -20..20 to -20..19.
- Noted that the range is -20..20 on some systems.
-
-open.2
- mtk / aeb
- Clarification of term "open file description" along with
- explanation of what information it maintains.
- Other wording improvements
- Various minor wording changes
-
-atexit.3
- mtk / aeb
- Reversed 2.04 introduction of the term "process termination
- function".
- mtk
- Noted use of atexit() for establishing function to be invoked on
- shared library unload.
- Noted that atexit()-registered functions are not invoked on
- abnormal termination.
- Formatting fixes.
-
-exit.3
- mtk / aeb
- Reversed 2.04 introduction of the term "process termination
- function".
+connect.2
mtk
- Minor rewording and formatting changes.
+ Various wording and formatting fixes.
+
+epoll_create.2
+ Bhavesh P Davda
+ s/positive/non-negative/ [for file descriptor]
-getloadavg.3
+listen.2
mtk
- Added #define _BSD_SOURCE to prototype
+ Removed historic comment on BSD backlog ceiling.
+ Minor wording and formatting changes.
-log2.3
- Martin (Joey) Schulze
- Add ERANGE error.
-
-readdir.3
+socket.2
mtk
- Added definition of Linux dirent structure.
- Some formatting cleanups.
-
-strtod.3
- Dora Anna Volgyesi/ mtk
- strtold() and strtof() need _ISOC99_SOURCE of _XOPEN_SOURCE=600
- As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=246668
+ Various minor wording improvements
-tdestroy.3
+umask.2
mtk
- New link to tsearch.3
-
-tsearch.3
- mtk
- Added tdestroy to .TH line
-
-mem.4
+ Added mkdir(2) to discussion, made term "file mode creation
+ mask" clearer.
+ Various, mostly small, wording changes
+
+errno.3
+ Martin Pool
+ Change description for ESTALE
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=237344
+
+fgetgrent.3
+getgrent.3
+getgrent_r.3
+ David Lloyd
+ Added SEE ALSO putgrent(3)
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=211336
+
+getgrent.3
+getgrnam.3
+getpwent.3
+getpwnam.3
+ Lars Wirzenius / mtk
+ Replace mention of /etc/{passwd,group} by refernces to
+ "passwd/group database", and LDAP and NIS.
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=316117
mtk
- Change "chown root:mem /dev/mem" to "chown root:kmem /dev/mem"
+ Miscellaneous wording improvements
+ Consistent DESCRIPTION and ERRORS wording across these pages.
-null.4
+getnameinfo.3
+ mtk
+ Relocate misplaced text describing gai_strerror().
+
+getnetent.3
+ Petter Reinholdtsen
+ s/endservent/endnetent/
+ As per Debian Bug#316517
+
+getspnam.3
+ Lars Wirzenius / mtk
+ Replace mention of /etc/shadow by refernces to
+ "shadow password database", and LDAP and NIS.
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=316117
+ mtk, Claus Weber
+ Miscellaneous wording improvements
+ Consistent DESCRIPTION wording vis-a-vis getpwnam.3 etc.
+
+scanf.3
+ Justin Pryzby / mtk
+ As per Debian Bug#317037
+
+shm_open.3
mtk
- Change "chown root:mem /dev/null /dev/zero" to
- "chown root:root /dev/null /dev/zero"
-
-vcs.4
- Dan Jacobson / Martin (Joey) Schulze
- Replaced "selection(1)" by "gpm(8)" under SEE ALSO
- See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=253515
-
-signal.7
- Ove Kaaven
- SA_SIGACTION should be SA_SIGINFO
- As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=305369
+ Modified details of how user and group ownership of a new
+ object are set.
+ Various minor wording and formatting cleanups.
+
+proc.5
+ mtk
+ Updated discussion of /proc/stat
-urn.7
- mtk
- New link to uri.7
+ip.7
+ Steven Murdoch
+ Change protocol in UDP prototype.
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=182635
Various wording and formatting fixes.
Incorporated some new /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_* file descriptions
from the 2.6.12 source file Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt.
+
+
+==================== Changes in man-pages-2.05 ====================
+
+Released: 2005-06-27
+
+Contributors
+------------
+
+The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have
+been incorporated in changes in this release:
+
+A Costa <agcosta@gis.net>
+Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
+Bas Zoetekouw <bas@debian.org>
+Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
+Delian Krustev <krustev@krustev.net>
+Dora Anna Volgyesi <volgyesi@elte.hu>
+Martin (Joey) Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
+Ove Kaaven <ovek@arcticnet.no>
+
+Apologies if I missed anyone!
+
+Global changes
+--------------
+
+Typographical or grammatical errors have been corrected in several
+places. (Special thanks to A Costa.)
+
+
+New pages
+---------
+
+
+Changes to individual pages
+---------------------------
+
+_exit.2
+ mtk / aeb
+ Reversed 2.04 introduction of the term "process termination
+ function".
+
+close.2
+ mtk
+ Clarified what type of lock close() affects.
+ Minor formatting changes.
+
+dup.2
+ mtk
+ Consistent use of terms "open file description",
+ "file status flags", and "file decriptor flags"
+ Removed mention of lock sharing -- it was not
+ accurate.
+ Minor formatting fixes
+
+fcntl.2
+ mtk
+ Consistent use of terms "open file description",
+ "file status flags", and "file decriptor flags"
+ Some rewriting of discussion of file descriptor flags
+ Under F_DUPFD, replaced some text duplicated in dup.2
+ with a cross ref to dup.2
+ Minor wording and formatting fixes
+
+fpclassify.3
+ mtk / Martin (Joey) Schulze / Bas Zoetekouw
+ The return value of isinf() changed in glibc 2.02
+ to differentiate positive and neagtive infinity.
+ See: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=285765
+
+getgid.2
+getuid.2
+ Delian Krustev
+ Remove confusing text describing real and effective IDs.
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=285852
+
+getitimer.2
+ mtk
+ The short sleep bug (up to 1 jiffy) that was newly noted in
+ man-pages-2.04 has just been fixed in 2.6.12.
+
+getpriority.2
+ mtk
+ Changed range documented in main text from -20..20 to -20..19.
+ Noted that the range is -20..20 on some systems.
+
+open.2
+ mtk / aeb
+ Clarification of term "open file description" along with
+ explanation of what information it maintains.
+ Other wording improvements
+ Various minor wording changes
+
+atexit.3
+ mtk / aeb
+ Reversed 2.04 introduction of the term "process termination
+ function".
+ mtk
+ Noted use of atexit() for establishing function to be invoked on
+ shared library unload.
+ Noted that atexit()-registered functions are not invoked on
+ abnormal termination.
+ Formatting fixes.
+
+exit.3
+ mtk / aeb
+ Reversed 2.04 introduction of the term "process termination
+ function".
+ mtk
+ Minor rewording and formatting changes.
+
+getloadavg.3
+ mtk
+ Added #define _BSD_SOURCE to prototype
+
+log2.3
+ Martin (Joey) Schulze
+ Add ERANGE error.
+
+readdir.3
+ mtk
+ Added definition of Linux dirent structure.
+ Some formatting cleanups.
+
+strtod.3
+ Dora Anna Volgyesi/ mtk
+ strtold() and strtof() need _ISOC99_SOURCE or _XOPEN_SOURCE=600
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=246668
+
+tdestroy.3
+ mtk
+ New link to tsearch.3
+
+tsearch.3
+ mtk
+ Added tdestroy to .TH line
+
+mem.4
+ mtk
+ Change "chown root:mem /dev/mem" to "chown root:kmem /dev/mem"
+
+null.4
+ mtk
+ Change "chown root:mem /dev/null /dev/zero" to
+ "chown root:root /dev/null /dev/zero"
+
+vcs.4
+ Dan Jacobson / Martin (Joey) Schulze
+ Replaced "selection(1)" by "gpm(8)" under SEE ALSO
+ See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=253515
+
+signal.7
+ Ove Kaaven
+ SA_SIGACTION should be SA_SIGINFO
+ As per http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=305369
+
+urn.7
+ mtk
+ New link to uri.7