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==================== Changes in man-pages-3.63 ====================
Released: 2014-03-18, Munich
Contributors
------------
The following people contributed patches/fixes or (noted in brackets
in the changelog below) reports, notes, and ideas that have been
incorporated in changes in this release:
Carlos O'Donell <carlos@xxxxxxxxxx>
Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Corrado Zoccolo <czoccolo@xxxxxxxxx>
Gregory P. Smith <gps@xxxxxxxxxx>
Joseph S. Myers <joseph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx>
Peng Haitao <penght@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Phillip Susi <psusi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Stefan Puiu <stefan.puiu@xxxxxxxxx>
Zhu Yanhai <zhu.yanhai@xxxxxxxxx>
Apologies if I missed anyone!
New and rewritten pages
-----------------------
duplocale.3
Michael Kerrisk
New page documenting duplocale(3)
newlocale.3
Michael Kerrisk [Mike Frysinger]
New page documenting newlocale(3) and freelocale(3)
towlower.3
Michael Kerrisk
Largely rewrite description of towlower() to be simpler and clearer
towupper.3
Michael Kerrisk
Largely rewrite description of towupper() to be simpler and clearer
uselocale.3
Michael Kerrisk
New page documenting uselocale(3)
Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
---------------------------------------------
open.2
Michael Kerrisk
Document O_DSYNC and rewrite discussion of O_SYNC
isalpha.3
Michael Kerrisk
Document the "_l" locale APIs
The GNU C library v2.3 added some locale APIs, most of which
were later specified in POSIX.1-2008, namely:
isalnum_l()
isalpha_l()
isblank_l()
iscntrl_l()
isdigit_l()
isgraph_l()
islower_l()
isprint_l()
ispunct_l()
isspace_l()
isupper_l()
isxdigit_l()
isascii_l()
Also update and correct various pieces in CONFORMING TO
(and remove a few crufty old pieces there).
strerror.3
Michael Kerrisk
Document strerror_l()
toupper.3
Michael Kerrisk
Document toupper_l() and tolower_l()
towlower.3
Michael Kerrisk
Document towlower_l()
towupper.3
Michael Kerrisk
Document towupper_l()
proc.5
Michael Kerrisk
Document /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid
locale.7
Michael Kerrisk
Document LC_ADDRESS
Document LC_IDENTIFICATION
Document LC_MEASUREMENT
Document LC_NAME
Document LC_PAPER
Document LC_TELEPHONE
New and changed links
---------------------
freelocale.3
Michael Kerrisk
New link to new newlocale.3 page
isalnum_l.3
isascii_l.3
isblank_l.3
iscntrl_l.3
isdigit_l.3
isgraph_l.3
islower_l.3
isprint_l.3
ispunct_l.3
isspace_l.3
isupper_l.3
isxdigit_l.3
Michael Kerrisk
New links to isalpha.3
tolower_l.3
toupper_l.3
Michael Kerrisk
New links to toupper.3
towlower_l.3
Michael Kerrisk
New link to towlower.3
towupper_l.3
Michael Kerrisk
New link to towupper.3
Global changes
--------------
Various pages
Michael Kerrisk
Global change: "upper case" ==> "uppercase", "lower case" ==> lowercase"
Changes to individual pages
---------------------------
mount.2
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: add blkid(1)
msgop.2
Michael Kerrisk
Document two MSG_COPY failure modes
Since Linux 3.14, the kernel now diagnoses two errors
when using msgrcv() MSG_COPY:
* MSG_COPY must be specified with IPC_NOWAIT
* MSG_COPY can't be specified with MSG_EXCEPT
open.2
Michael Kerrisk
Organize some material under additional subheadings in NOTES
There's an amorphous mass of material under NOTES. Structure
it with some subheadings, and do a little reorganizing.
Michael Kerrisk
Add other system calls and functions that are like openat()
fanotify_mark(2), name_to_handle_at(2), and scandirat(3) have a
directory file descriptor argument for the same reason as openat().
Also: reword the rationale for the *at() functions somewhat.
Michael Kerrisk
Clarify ELOOP error interaction with O_PATH
readahead.2
Phillip Susi [Corrado Zoccolo, Gregory P. Smith, Zhu Yanhai, Michael Kerrisk, Christoph Hellwig]
Don't claim the call blocks until all data has been read
The readahead(2) man page was claiming that the call blocks until
all data has been read into the cache. This is incorrect.
See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54271
stat.2
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: add ls(1) and stat(1)
fts.3
Christoph Hellwig [Michael Kerrisk]
The fts(3) API does not work with LFS builds
As pointed out during a recent discussion on libc-hacker the
fts(3) APIs can't be used with large file offsets:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15838
mbrtowc.3
mbsnrtowcs.3
mbsrtowcs.3
mbtowc.3
Michael Kerrisk
Add entries in SEE ALSO
Mainly inspired by the POSIX pages.
mbsinit.3
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: add mbrlen(3), mbrtowc(3), and wcrtomb(3)
mbsrtowcs.3
wcsrtombs.3
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: add mbsinit(3)
mbstowcs.3
Michael Kerrisk [Stefan Puiu]
Add example program
And add some SEE ALSO entries
memcmp.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread-safe
The function memcmp() is thread safe.
memcpy.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread-safe
The function memcpy() is thread safe.
memfrob.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread-safe
The function memfrob() is thread safe.
memmem.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread-safe
The function memmem() is thread safe.
memmove.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread-safe
The function memmove() is thread safe.
mempcpy.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
The functions mempcpy() and wmempcpy() are thread safe.
memset.3
Peng Haitao
ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread-safe
The function memset() is thread safe.
strerror.3
Michael Kerrisk
CONFORMING TO: strerror() and strerror_r() are in POSIX.1-2008
Michael Kerrisk
Add SS heading for strerror_r()
toupper.3
Michael Kerrisk
Rewrite to more explicitly bring locales into the discussion
Michael Kerrisk
Retitle BUGS section to NOTES
These are not really bugs, just background info.
wcrtomb.3
wcsnrtombs.3
wcsrtombs.3
wcstombs.3
wctomb.3
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: add various entries
Mainly inspired by POSIX
core.5
Mike Frysinger [Michael Kerrisk]
Document core_pattern %d specifier
Document %P core_pattern specifier
Michael Kerrisk
Rearrange core_pattern specifiers alphabetically
locale.5
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: add newlocale(3) + duplocale(3)
feature_test_macros.7
Michael Kerrisk [Joseph S. Myers]
Remove mention of bogus _ISOC95_SOURCE macro
The _ISOC95_SOURCE macro is defined in <features.h>, but it
does nothing. So remove discussion of it, and move some of
the discussion of C95 under the ISOC99_SOURCE subhead.
Michael Kerrisk [Carlos O'Donell]
Add packaging note for _BSD_SOURCE/_SVID_SOURCE/_DEFAULT_SOURCE
To compile warning-free across glibc < 2.20 and glibc >= 2.20
code may been to define both _DEFAULT_SOURCE and either
_BSD_SOURCE or _SVID_SOURCE.
Michael Kerrisk
Reword description of C90
locale.7
Michael Kerrisk
Add subsection on POSIX.1-2008 (originally GNU) extensions to locale API
Michael Kerrisk
Remove reference to LI18NUX2000
LI18NUX2000 is difficult to even find these days, and in any case
this page does not document gettext(), so notes about gettext()
in the CONFORMING TO section here make no sense.
Michael Kerrisk
SEE ALSO: add mbstowcs(3) and wcstombs(3)
SEE ALSO: add newlocale(3) + duplocale(3)
man-pages.7
Michael Kerrisk
Add preferred term "superblock"
Michael Kerrisk
Add preferred terms "uppercase" and "lowercase"
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