Rewrite potentially ambiguous "only since" to something more explicit, such as "support was added in". A continuation of: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/a06413f0-c87d-f80e-cb3a-e27258fbcd59@xxxxxxxxx/T/#t Signed-off-by: Jesse Rosenstock <jmr@xxxxxxxxxx> --- man2/fallocate.2 | 2 +- man2/getdents.2 | 4 ++-- man3/rcmd.3 | 2 +- man7/capabilities.7 | 2 +- man7/feature_test_macros.7 | 2 +- man7/ip.7 | 2 +- man7/pipe.7 | 2 +- man7/socket.7 | 4 ++-- man7/tcp.7 | 4 ++-- 9 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/fallocate.2 b/man2/fallocate.2 index b4cb3516f..0a15a2f47 100644 --- a/man2/fallocate.2 +++ b/man2/fallocate.2 @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ is available on Linux since kernel 2.6.23. Support is provided by glibc since version 2.10. The .BR FALLOC_FL_* -flags are defined in glibc headers only since version 2.18. +flags were added to glibc headers in version 2.18. .\" See http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14964 .SH CONFORMING TO .BR fallocate () diff --git a/man2/getdents.2 b/man2/getdents.2 index 8201c3310..3cb3efc49 100644 --- a/man2/getdents.2 +++ b/man2/getdents.2 @@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ struct linux_dirent { offsetof(struct linux_dirent, d_name)) */ /* char pad; // Zero padding byte - char d_type; // File type (only since Linux - // 2.6.4); offset is (d_reclen \- 1) + char d_type; // File type (added in Linux 2.6.4); + // offset is (d_reclen \- 1) */ } .EE diff --git a/man3/rcmd.3 b/man3/rcmd.3 index b2f06c01d..46460d3e6 100644 --- a/man3/rcmd.3 +++ b/man3/rcmd.3 @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ and are not present on as wide a range of systems. .BR iruserok () and .BR iruserok_af () -are declared in glibc headers only since version 2.12. +are were missing from glibc headers before version 2.12. .\" Bug filed 25 Nov 2007: .\" http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5399 .SH SEE ALSO diff --git a/man7/capabilities.7 b/man7/capabilities.7 index c65524496..e818fa9e2 100644 --- a/man7/capabilities.7 +++ b/man7/capabilities.7 @@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ denotes a file capability set Note the following details relating to the above capability transformation rules: .IP * 3 -The ambient capability set is present only since Linux 4.3. +The ambient capability set was added in Linux 4.3. When determining the transformation of the ambient set during .BR execve (2), a privileged file is one that has capabilities or diff --git a/man7/feature_test_macros.7 b/man7/feature_test_macros.7 index 77362ed23..8fbd26c82 100644 --- a/man7/feature_test_macros.7 +++ b/man7/feature_test_macros.7 @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ definitions for POSIX.2-1992. .IP \(bu The value 199309L or greater additionally exposes definitions for POSIX.1b (real-time extensions). -.\" 199506L functionality is available only since glibc 2.1 +.\" 199506L functionality was added in glibc 2.1 .IP \(bu The value 199506L or greater additionally exposes definitions for POSIX.1c (threads). diff --git a/man7/ip.7 b/man7/ip.7 index 7eee2811e..e60b773a7 100644 --- a/man7/ip.7 +++ b/man7/ip.7 @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ group, or 0 to indicate any interface. .IP The .I ip_mreqn -structure is available only since Linux 2.2. +structure was added in Linux 2.2. For compatibility, the old .I ip_mreq structure (present since Linux 1.2) is still supported; diff --git a/man7/pipe.7 b/man7/pipe.7 index bf93cafbf..b704bbee0 100644 --- a/man7/pipe.7 +++ b/man7/pipe.7 @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ The target for delivery of signals must be set using the command. On Linux, .B O_ASYNC -is supported for pipes and FIFOs only since kernel 2.6. +supported for pipes and FIFOs was added in kernel 2.6. .SS Portability notes On some systems (but not Linux), pipes are bidirectional: data can be transmitted in both directions between the pipe ends. diff --git a/man7/socket.7 b/man7/socket.7 index 67736214a..15b763543 100644 --- a/man7/socket.7 +++ b/man7/socket.7 @@ -781,9 +781,9 @@ is not changeable on Linux .RB ( setsockopt (2) fails with the error .BR ENOPROTOOPT ). +Support for changing .B SO_RCVLOWAT -is changeable -only since Linux 2.4. +was added in Linux 2.4. .IP Before Linux 2.6.28 .\" Tested on kernel 2.6.14 -- mtk, 30 Nov 05 diff --git a/man7/tcp.7 b/man7/tcp.7 index 0a7c61a37..4aaaeb6be 100644 --- a/man7/tcp.7 +++ b/man7/tcp.7 @@ -1046,9 +1046,9 @@ As currently implemented, there is a 200 millisecond ceiling on the time for which output is corked by .BR TCP_CORK . If this ceiling is reached, then queued data is automatically transmitted. -This option can be combined with +Support for combining this option with .B TCP_NODELAY -only since Linux 2.5.71. +was added in Linux 2.5.71. This option should not be used in code intended to be portable. .TP .BR TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT " (since Linux 2.4)" -- 2.37.0.rc0.104.g0611611a94-goog
