Re: Issue in man page getent.1

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[Adding libc-help@]

Hi Helge,

On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 10:46:26AM GMT, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Without further ado, the following was found:
> 
> Issue:    No "in succession" here on purpose?
> 
> "When no I<key> is provided, use B<sethostent>(3), B<gethostent>(3), and "
> "B<endhostent>(3)  to enumerate the hosts database.  When one or more I<key> "
> "arguments are provided, pass each I<key> to B<gethostbyaddr>(3)  or "
> "B<gethostbyname2>(3), depending on whether a call to B<inet_pton>(3)  "
> "indicates that the I<key> is an IPv6 or IPv4 address or not, and display the "
> "result."
> 
> … and in many other paragraphs (I can provide you the full list). Last
> time you said, that this is under review with glibc - are there any
> results on this?

They didn't respond.  I've added libc-help@ now.

For context for anyone from libc-help@:
<https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/ZUJaYgd8DCnFdm1V@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u>

Cheers,
Alex

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<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>

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