Fix DT_UNKNOWN description

	[BZ #6890]
	* manual/filesys.texi (Directory Entries): Clarify that it's
	file system not operating system in the description of DT_UNKNOWN.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fd53b41e3f6cfad252b4883ba41e1369df78a18b..30f89fdeef12b144b107ec6956ebc9827c1b4102 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2012-04-08  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
 
+       [BZ #6890]
+       * manual/filesys.texi (Directory Entries): Clarify that it's file
+       system not operating system in the description of DT_UNKNOWN.
+
        [BZ #6578]
        * manual/syslog.texi (closelog): Fix reference, it's openlog.
 

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3a402f2908932390bfba6d5f30ebe1dd97ca4382..002b8312f530b9f784f490134425814299dd4b98 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ Version 2.16
   174, 350, 369, 411, 2541, 2547, 2548, 2551, 2552, 2553, 2554, 2562, 2563,
   2565, 2566, 2576, 2678, 3335, 3866, 3868, 3976, 3992, 4026, 4108, 4596,
   4822, 5077, 5461, 5805, 5993, 6471, 6486, 6578, 6649, 6730, 6770, 6884,
-  6907, 6911, 9739, 9902, 10110, 10135, 10140, 10210, 10346, 10545, 10716,
-  11174, 11322, 11365, 11451, 11494, 12047, 12340, 13058, 13525, 13526,
-  13527, 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, 13547, 13551, 13552,
-  13553, 13555, 13559, 13566, 13583, 13592, 13618, 13637, 13656, 13658,
-  13673, 13691, 13695, 13704, 13706, 13726, 13738, 13760, 13761, 13786,
-  13792, 13806, 13824, 13840, 13841, 13844, 13846, 13851, 13852, 13854,
-  13871, 13879, 13883, 13892, 13895, 13908, 13910, 13911, 13912, 13913,
-  13915, 13916, 13917, 13918, 13919, 13920, 13921, 13926, 13928, 13938
+  6890, 6907, 6911, 9739, 9902, 10110, 10135, 10140, 10210, 10346, 10545,
+  10716, 11174, 11322, 11365, 11451, 11494, 12047, 12340, 13058, 13525,
+  13526, 13527, 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, 13547, 13551,
+  13552, 13553, 13555, 13559, 13566, 13583, 13592, 13618, 13637, 13656,
+  13658, 13673, 13691, 13695, 13704, 13706, 13726, 13738, 13760, 13761,
+  13786, 13792, 13806, 13824, 13840, 13841, 13844, 13846, 13851, 13852,
+  13854, 13871, 13879, 13883, 13892, 13895, 13908, 13910, 13911, 13912,
+  13913, 13915, 13916, 13917, 13918, 13919, 13920, 13921, 13926, 13928,
+  13938
 
 * ISO C11 support:
 

diff --git a/manual/filesys.texi b/manual/filesys.texi
index dc570df18152c1b40661cd3da17d82c54c34ab2d..04f4376ba73e9f1e1a934a2281174e888234062c 100644 (file)
--- a/manual/filesys.texi
+++ b/manual/filesys.texi
@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ are defined for its value:
 
 @vtable @code
 @item DT_UNKNOWN
-The type is unknown.  On some systems this is the only value returned.
+The type is unknown.  Only some filesystems have full support to
+return the type of the file, others might always return this value.
 
 @item DT_REG
 A regular file.