Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:12:30 +0200 | Subject | man-pages-3.02 is released | From | Michael Kerrisk <> |
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Gidday
I've released man-pages-3.02.
This release is now available for download at:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages or ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages
This release is now available for download at:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages or ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages
The online changelog is available at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/changelog.html (blogged at http://linux-man-pages.blogspot.com/2008/07/man-pages-302-is-released.html) and the current version of the pages is browsable at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
An abridged version of the changes in this release that may be of interest to readers of this list is provided below.
Cheers,
Michael
==================== Changes in man-pages-3.02 ====================
New and rewritten pages -----------------------
clock_nanosleep.2 mtk A description of the clock_nanosleep() system call, which was added in kernel 2.6.
getgrouplist.3 mtk A near complete rewrite, including additional information and a new example program.
gnu_get_libc_version.3 mtk Documents gnu_get_libc_version(3) and gnu_get_libc_release(3).
sigwait.3 mtk Documents sigwait(3).
shm_overview.7 mtk An overview of the POSIX shared memory API.
Changes to individual pages ---------------------------
sigreturn.2 mtk Added a bit more detail on what sigreturn() actually does.
sigwaitinfo.2 mtk Describe behavior when multiple threads are blocked in sigwaitinfo()/sigtimedwait(). SEE ALSO: Add sigwait(3).
utmp.5 mtk Add discussion of POSIX.1 utmpx specification. Provide a little more detail on fields of utmp structure. Added comments to macros for ut_type field.
signal.7 mtk Note that the delivery order of multiple pending standard signals is unspecified.
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