man-pages-3.04 is released

[Michael Kerrisk]

Gidday

I've released man-pages-3.04.

This release is now available for download at:

    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages
    or ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages

This release is now available for download at:

    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages
    or ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages

The online changelog is available at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/changelog.html
(blogged at
http://linux-man-pages.blogspot.com/2008/07/man-pages-304-is-released.html)
and the current version of the pages is browsable at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/

An abridged version of the changes in this release that may be of
interest to readers of this list is provided below.

Cheers,

Michael

==================== Changes in man-pages-3.04 ====================

Web site
--------

licenses.html
    mtk
        A page describing the preferred licenses for new pages that
        are contributed to man-pages.


New and rewritten pages
-----------------------

utimensat.2
    mtk
        New page documenting the utimensat() system call, new in 2.6.22,
        and futimens() library function.

end.3
    mtk
        Documents etext, edata, and end symbols.


Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
---------------------------------------------

proc.5
    mtk
        Document /proc/config.gz (new in kernel 2.6).
    mtk, based on text from Documentation/vm/sysctl.txt
        Document /proc/sys/vm/oom_kill_allocating_task
        (new in Linux 2.6.24).
        Document /proc/sys/vm/oom_dump_tasks
        (new in Linux 2.6.25).
        Document /proc/sys/vm/panic_on_oom
        (new in Linux 2.6.18).


Changes to individual pages
---------------------------

capget.2
    Andrew Morgan
        Update in line with addition of file capabilities and
        64-bit capability sets in kernel 2.6.2[45].

getrusage.2
    Sripathi Kodi
        Document RUSAGE_THREAD, new in 2.6.26.

mount.2
    mtk
        Since Linux 2.6.26, MS_RDONLY honors bind mounts.

prctl.2
    Serge Hallyn, with some edits/input from mtk
        Document PR_CAPBSET_READ and PR_CAPBSET_DROP.
    Erik Bosman
        Document PR_GET_TSC and PR_SET_TSC.
    mtk, reviewed by Andrea Arcangeli
        Document PR_SET_SECCOMP and PR_GET_SECCOMP.
    mtk
        Add description of PR_SET_SECUREBITS and PR_GET_SECUREBITS,
        as well as pointer to further info in capabilities(7).

sigaction.2
    mtk
        Document si_overrun and si_tid fields of siginfo structure.

signal.2
    mtk
        Rewrote and expanded portability discussion.

getopt.3
    mtk
        Add details on initial value of optind, and note that it can
        be reset (to 1) to restart scanning of an argument vector.
        Add a NOTES section describing the glibc-specific behavior
        when optind is reset to 0 (rather than 1).
        See http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.programmer/browse_thread/thread/be0d0b7a07a165fb
    mtk
        Note glibc extensions under CONFORMING TO.

tty_ioctl.4
    mtk / Petr Gajdos
        The features in the "Get and Set Window Size" subsection
        require the inclusion of <sys/ioctl.h>.

capabilities.7
    Serge Hallyn, plus a bit of work by mtk
        Document file capabilities, per-process capability bounding set,
        changed semantics for CAP_SETPCAP, and other changes in 2.6.2[45].
        Add CAP_MAC_ADMIN, CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE, CAP_SETFCAP.
        Various smaller fixes.
    mtk, plus review by Serge Hallyn and Andrew Morgan
        Add text detailing how CAP_SETPCAP (theoretically) permits -- on
        pre-2.6.25 kernels, and 2.6.25 and later kernels with file
        capabilities disabled -- a thread to change the capability sets
        of another thread.
        Add section describing rules for programmatically adjusting
        thread capability sets.
        Add some words describing purpose of inheritable set.
        Note existence of CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES config option.
        Describe rationale for capability bounding set.
        Document securebits flags (new in 2.6.26).
    mtk
        Add text noting that if we set the effective flag for one
        file capability, then we must also set the effective flag for all
        other capabilities where the permitted or inheritable bit is set.


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