Hi Mike, I don't object to the patch, but... On 04/19/2016 06:52 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > Defining these functions via sys/types.h violates POSIX namespace > requirements, What do the previous lines mean? Violate namespace requirements how? Cheers, Michael > so we want to disentangle it from that header. Since > glibc has basically always used this header, update the docs to have > people include that instead. > > Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > man3/makedev.3 | 16 ++++------------ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man3/makedev.3 b/man3/makedev.3 > index f91f4b5..3d26d15 100644 > --- a/man3/makedev.3 > +++ b/man3/makedev.3 > @@ -28,23 +28,13 @@ > makedev, major, minor \- manage a device number > .SH SYNOPSIS > .nf > -.B #include <sys/types.h> > +.B #include <sys/sysmacros.h> > > .BI "dev_t makedev(unsigned int " maj ", unsigned int " min ); > > .BI "unsigned int major(dev_t " dev ); > .BI "unsigned int minor(dev_t " dev ); > .fi > -.sp > -.BR makedev (), > -.BR major (), > -.BR minor (): > -.nf > - Since glibc 2.19: > - _DEFAULT_SOURCE > - In glibc up to and including 2.19: > - _BSD_SOURCE > -.fi > .SH DESCRIPTION > A device ID consists of two parts: > a major ID, identifying the class of the device, > @@ -90,7 +80,9 @@ and > .BR minor () > functions are not specified in POSIX.1, > but are present on many other systems. > -.\" The BSDs, HP-UX, Solaris, AIX, Irix > +.\" The BSDs, HP-UX, Solaris, AIX, Irix. > +.\" The header location is inconsistent: > +.\" Could be sys/mkdev.h, sys/sysmacros.h, or sys/types.h. > .SH NOTES > These interfaces are defined as macros. > Since glibc 2.3.3, > -- 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
