Bug#700529: manpages-dev: confusing NOTES section on O_NONBLOCK in read(2)

2013-03-04 Thread Simon Paillard
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 debian-report...@plan9.de wrote: Package: manpages-dev Version: 3.40-0.1 Severity: minor The read(2) manpage

Bug#700529: manpages-dev: confusing NOTES section on O_NONBLOCK in read(2)

2013-02-13 Thread Marc Lehmann
Package: manpages-dev Version: 3.40-0.1 Severity: minor The read(2) manpage (possibly others) contains this confusing paragraph in the NOTES section: Many file systems and disks were considered to be fast enough that the implementation of O_NONBLOCK was deemed unnecessary. So, O_NONBLOCK

Bug#700529: manpages-dev: confusing NOTES section on O_NONBLOCK in read(2)

2013-02-13 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
tags 700529 fixed-upstream thanks On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:38 AM, Marc Lehmann debian-report...@plan9.de 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: Many file systems and