Hallo Tobias, On 02/22/2015 11:58 PM, Tobias Stoeckmann wrote: > A missing s after send: It depends whether one believes that subjunctive[1] still exists in English. Opinions are divided. I'm trying to hold onto it, so I've not applied this patch. Cheers, Michael [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive_mood#English > POSIX.1-2001 requires that kill(-1,sig) send_s_ sig to [...] > --- > man2/kill.2 | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/man2/kill.2 b/man2/kill.2 > index abd7807..e15c0a9 100644 > --- a/man2/kill.2 > +++ b/man2/kill.2 > @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ has explicitly installed signal handlers. > This is done to assure the > system is not brought down accidentally. > .LP > -POSIX.1-2001 requires that \fIkill(\-1,sig)\fP send \fIsig\fP > +POSIX.1-2001 requires that \fIkill(\-1,sig)\fP sends \fIsig\fP > to all processes that the calling process may send signals to, > except possibly for some implementation-defined system processes. > Linux allows a process to signal itself, but on Linux the call > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
