Hi, On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 01:32:16AM +0100, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > tags 700529 fixed-upstream > thanks > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:38 AM, Marc Lehmann > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Package: manpages-dev > > Version: 3.40-0.1 > > Severity: minor > > > > > > The read(2) manpage (possibly others) contains this confusing paragraph in > > the NOTES section: [..] > > I would suggest simply deleting this paragraph, as it continues to confuse > > people into thinking O_NONBLOCK semantics are possible with files. > > Well, O_NONBLOCK does have meaningful semantics w.r.t. file locks. > But, that doesn't seem to be what this paragraph is talking about, and > I agree with you that it is confusing. I've removed it. FTR, will be delivered in 3.48.
commit 7c81ac9ced01451fe86a208c7ffbfab60e1a0b42 Refs: man-pages-3.47-47-g7c81ac9 Author: Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Thu Feb 14 01:29:45 2013 +0100 read.2: Remove crufty text about O_NONBLOCK on files See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=700529 -- Simon Paillard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
