Package: manpages-dev Version: 2.28-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Changes: Document that S_IREAD and friends are obsolete BSD things Make the Linus O_DIRECT quote look good
--- - 2006-05-11 20:50:27.505244000 -0400 +++ /tmp/open.2 2006-05-11 20:49:17.000000000 -0400 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .\" 2004-12-08, mtk, reordered flags list alphabetically .\" 2004-12-08, Martin Pool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (& mtk), added O_NOATIME .\" -.TH OPEN 2 2005-06-22 "Linux 2.6.12" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH OPEN 2 2006-05-11 "Linux 2.6.12" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME open, creat \- open and possibly create a file or device .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -324,6 +324,10 @@ .IR flags , and is ignored otherwise. +.BR S_IREAD , +.BR S_IWRITE ", and" +.BR S_IEXEC " are provided for BSD compatibility." + .BR creat () is equivalent to .BR open () @@ -512,9 +516,9 @@ .B _GNU_SOURCE macro to get its definition. .SH BUGS -"The thing that has always disturbed me about O_DIRECT is that the whole +\*(lqThe thing that has always disturbed me about O_DIRECT is that the whole interface is just stupid, and was probably designed by a deranged monkey -on some serious mind-controlling substances." \(em Linus +on some serious mind-controlling substances.\*(rq \(em Linus Currently, it is not possible to enable signal-driven I/O by specifying -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
