Re: [PATCH 2/2] Various pages: Normalize NOTES about non-existing glibc wrappers

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Hi Alex,

On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 at 21:53, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
<alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Please, see a comment below.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
>
> On 12/29/20 9:32 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> > Hi Alex, Ganimedes,
> >
> > Again, in the subject line, s/
> >
> > non-existing/nonexistent/
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >> --- a/man2/getdents.2
> >> +++ b/man2/getdents.2
> >> @@ -211,13 +211,13 @@ SVr4.
> >>  Library support for
> >>  .BR getdents64 ()
> >>  was added in glibc 2.30;
> >> -there is no glibc wrapper for
> >> -.BR getdents ().
> >> -Calling
> >> +Glibc does not provide a wrapper for
> >> +.BR getdents ();
> >> +call
> >
> > s/call/calling/
>
> See below
>
> >
> >>  .BR getdents ()
> >>  (or
> >>  .BR getdents64 ()
> >> -on earlier glibc versions) requires the use of
> >> +on earlier glibc versions) using
>
> The new version is 'Call XXX using syscall(2).'.

I need more context here please. What do you mean with "The new version"?

Thanks,

Michael


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