Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S967835AbXFHMud (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jun 2007 08:50:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S937939AbXFHMuY (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jun 2007 08:50:24 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:53838 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S937318AbXFHMuX (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jun 2007 08:50:23 -0400 X-Authenticated: #24879014 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1968wo3kKd6myGv4USDYarqZqW6V2Lo7Ckzx3U1ge 94AptfxN1u5lqB Message-ID: <46695095.2020503@gmx.net> Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:50:29 +0200 From: Michael Kerrisk User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20060911) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lkml Subject: man-pages-2.54 is released Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1847 Lines: 66 Gidday, I just released man-pages-2.54 This release is now available for download at: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages or ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages or mirrors: ftp://ftp.XX.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages and soon at: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages This release includes a new page, man-pages.7, that describes the conventions that should be used when writing pages for man-pages. A few other changes that may be of interest to readers of this list are are noted below. Cheers, Michael ==================== Changes in man-pages-2.54 ==================== New pages --------- man-pages.7 mtk A description of the conventions that should be followed when writing pages for the man-pages package. Changes to individual pages --------------------------- fcntl.2 mtk Remove misleading text about setting O_ASYNC when calling open(); one must use fcntl() F_SETFL for this task. fdatasync.2 mtk Converted outdated BUGS note about fdatasync() being equivalent to fsync() on Linux 2.2 into a NOTES note about this historical behaviour. mprotect.2 mtk, after an observation by Emmanuel Mogenet A much improved example program. mtk Significant rewrites and additions to description. -- Michael Kerrisk maintainer of Linux man pages Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 Want to help with man page maintenance? Grab the latest tarball at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages/ read the HOWTOHELP file and grep the source files for 'FIXME'. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/