Re: [PATCH] fchmodat: split kernel/C library documents

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On Saturday 21 April 2012 15:09:13 Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 6:01 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Sunday 15 April 2012 07:15:27 Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> >> --- a/man2/fchmodat.2
> >> +++ b/man2/fchmodat.2
> >> 
> >> +This page documents the interface provided by the
> >> +glibc wrapper function for the
> > 
> > not to be pedantic, but this isn't glibc specific.  fchmodat() is a POSIX
> > interface, so every C library will have this difference.
> 
> Yes, it's worth being clearer on that. I applied the patch below.
> 
> --- a/man2/fchmodat.2
> +++ b/man2/fchmodat.2
> @@ -143,11 +143,9 @@ See
>  for an explanation of the need for
>  .BR fchmodat ().
> 
> -This page documents the interface provided by the
> -glibc wrapper function for the
> -.BR fchmodat ()
> -system call.
> -The underlying system call does
> +The GNU C library wrapper function implements the POSIX-specified

"glibc" and "GNU C library" are the same thing :).  i'd just drop "GNU" here.
-mike

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