On 1/7/23 13:12, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
Hi Branden, On 1/7/23 10:54, G. Branden Robinson wrote:* Say "GNU/Linux distributions" instead of "Linux distributions". * Clarify claim about popularity of glibc. * Tighten wording. Signed-off-by: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@xxxxxxxxx> --- man7/libc.7 | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/libc.7 b/man7/libc.7 index 43ec0269f..c6180075c 100644 --- a/man7/libc.7 +++ b/man7/libc.7 @@ -16,80 +16,88 @@ Because of some history use of the term \(lqlibc\(rq to refer to the standard C library is somewhat ambiguous on Linux. .SS glibc -By far the most widely used C library on Linux is the +The standard libc most popularly used with the Linux kernel is .UR http://www.gnu.org\:/software\:/libc/ GNU C Library .UE , -often referred to as +widely called .IR glibc . -This is the C library that is nowadays used in all -major Linux distributions. -It is also the C library whose details are documented +This implementation is nowadays used +in all major GNU/Linux distributions. +Its details are documented in the relevant pages of the +Linux .I man-pages -project -(primarily in Section 3 of the manual). -Documentation of glibc is also available in the glibc manual, -available via the command -.IR "info libc" . -Release 1.0 of glibc was made in September 1992. +project, +primarily in section 3 of the manual. +glibc also offers a manual of its own in Texinfo format,
Also, it might be a good idea to use texinfo(5) here.
+browsable at the command line with +.RI \(lq "info libc" \(rq.We might do a great favour to our readers if we suggest piping info(1) to less(1), as Dave suggests every now and then :)
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