Re: For review: rewritten pivot_root(2) manual page

2019-10-09 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2019-10-09T09:41:34+0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > I'm not sure. Some people have a bit of trouble to wrap their head > around the pivot_root(".", ".") idea. (I possibly am one of them.) > I'd be quite keen to hear other opinions on this. Unfortunately, > few people have commented on

Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'void *'

2020-10-03 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2020-10-03T09:10:14+0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > On 10/2/20 10:27 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > On 2020-10-02 22:14, Paul Eggert wrote: > > > On 10/2/20 11:38 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > > > > >> .I void * > > >> > > >> renders with a space in between. > > > > > > Th

Re: [PATCH 22/24] membarrier.2: Note that glibc does not provide a wrapper

2020-09-26 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2020-09-24T10:06:23+0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Thanks for the interesting history, Branden! Hi, Michael. And you're welcome! I often wonder if I test people's patience with my info dumps but I try to show my work when making claims. > From time toi time I wonder if the functi

Re: [PATCH 22/24] membarrier.2: Note that glibc does not provide a wrapper

2020-09-28 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2020-09-27T22:05:14+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Hi Branden, > > * G. Branden Robinson via linux-man: > > 1) > > > .EX > > .B int fstat(int \c > > .IB fd , \~\c > > .B struct stat *\c > > .IB statbuf ); > > .EE > > 2) >

Re: [PATCH 22/24] membarrier.2: Note that glibc does not provide a wrapper

2020-09-28 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2020-09-28T15:33:21+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > On 2020-09-28 14:52, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > At 2020-09-27T22:05:14+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > >> 2) > >> > >>> .EX > >>> .BI "int fstat(int " fd ", struct stat

Re: [PATCH 22/24] membarrier.2: Note that glibc does not provide a wrapper

2020-09-21 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2020-09-11T12:58:08+, Walter Harms wrote: > the groff commands are ducument in man 7 groff > .nf No filling or adjusting of output-lines. > .fi Fill output lines > > (for me) a typical use is like this: > .nf > > struct timeval { > time_t tv_sec; /* seconds */ >

Re: Revised statx(2) man page for review

2017-04-26 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2017-04-26T07:42:12+0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > On 04/25/2017 10:06 PM, Dmitry V. Levin wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 01:14:26PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > > [...] > >>The file timestamps are structures of the following type: > >> > >>stru