On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpa...@googlemail.com> wrote: > tag 508968 fixed-upstream > thanks [...] >Okay, for man-pages-3.17, I've applied the patch below. Look okay to you?
It looks ok thank you. Bastien > Cheers, > > Michael > > --- a/man2/getdents.2 > +++ b/man2/getdents.2 > @@ -115,6 +115,16 @@ This is a Unix domain socket. > .B DT_UNKNOWN > The file type is unknown. > .PP > +The > +.I d_type > +field is implemented since Linux 2.6.4. > +It occupies a space that was previously a zero-filled padding byte in the > +.IR linux_dirent > +structure. > +Thus, on kernels before 2.6.3, > +attempting to access this field always provides the value 0 > +.RB ( DT_UNKNOWN ). > +.PP > Currently, > .\" kernel 2.6.27 > .\" The same sentence is in readdir.2 > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
