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I recently released man-pages-2.66.
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
Changes in this release that may be of interest to readers of this list are
noted below.
Cheers,
Michael
(man-pages maintenance is supported by Google, as a Google engineer 20%
project.)
==================== Changes in man-pages-2.66 ====================
New pages
---------
fallocate.2
David Chinner, with some input from Amit Amora and mtk
Describes the fallocate() system call, new in 2.6.23.
Changes to individual pages
---------------------------
close.2
Fredrik Noring
Add text cautioning about use of close() in
multithreaded programs.
execve.2
Ollie Wild / mtk
Add text describing limit on total size of argv + envp,
and changes that occurred with 2.6.23.
open.2
mtk, Acked by Ulrich Drepper
Added description of O_CLOEXEC (new in 2.6.23) + other
minor fixes for O_DIRECT.
recv.2
mtk
Added description of MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC (new in 2.6.23).
sysctl.2
mtk
Strengthened the warning against using this system call
and note that it may disappear in a future kernel version.
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