Hi A small patch to document the minimum glibc version for splice. Applies against man-pages git master / 3.40. The info comes from glibc 2.5 changelog, link: http://opensuse.14.n6.nabble.com/glibc-2-5-for-10-2-FACTORY-td3361554.html - Lauri -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service
From d7f1af06460b8da233f4b424ddb2be29f09298bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lauri Kasanen <curaga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 20:26:40 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] splice.2: Document the required glibc version Signed-off-by: Lauri Kasanen <curaga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man2/splice.2 | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/splice.2 b/man2/splice.2 index 5ae3554..8fa601c 100644 --- a/man2/splice.2 +++ b/man2/splice.2 @@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ was not NULL, but the corresponding file descriptor refers to a pipe. .SH VERSIONS The .BR splice () -system call first appeared in Linux 2.6.17. +system call first appeared in Linux 2.6.17; support in glibc is +available starting with version 2.5. .SH "CONFORMING TO" This system call is Linux-specific. .SH NOTES -- 1.7.2.1
