man-pages-5.12

[Bruce Dubbs]

New minor version.

[Bruce Dubbs]

Changes in man-pages-5.12 - Released: 2021-06-20

New and rewritten pages

seccomp_unotify.2

• New page documenting the seccomp user-space notification mechanism

MAX.3

• New page to document MAX() and MIN()

Newly documented interfaces in existing pages

seccomp.2

• Document SECCOMP_GET_NOTIF_SIZES
• Document SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_NEW_LISTENER [Michael Kerrisk]
• Document SECCOMP_RET_USER_NOTIF [Michael Kerrisk]

set_mempolicy.2

• Add mode flag MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING

userfaultfd.2

• Add UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID docs
• Add write-protect mode docs
• Add UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID docs

proc.5

• Document /proc/sys/vm/sysctl_hugetlb_shm_group

system_data_types.7

• Add 'blksize_t'
• Add 'blkcnt_t'
• Add 'mode_t'
• Add 'struct sockaddr'
• Add 'cc_t'
• Add 'socklen_t'

New and changed links

blkcnt_t.3

• New link to system_data_types(7)

blksize_t.3

• New link to system_data_types(7)

cc_t.3

• New link to system_data_types(7)

MIN.3

• New link to MIN.3

mode_t.3

• New link to system_data_types(7)

sockaddr.3

• New link to system_data_types(7)

socklen_t.3

• New link to system_data_types(7)

Global changes

Many pages

• SYNOPSIS: Use syscall(SYS_...); for system calls without a wrapper
• SYNOPSIS: Document why each header is required
• SYNOPSIS: Remove unused includes
• Make clear why exactly is each header needed

Various pages

• Add note about the use of syscall(2)
• SYNOPSIS: Miscellaneous fixes to includes

A few pages

• SYNOPSIS: Add missing 'const'

Changes to individual pages

• Too numeerous to list here.

[Bruce Dubbs]

Fixed at commit 5809826800d8005976be14888ac1f4df21174bbf

Package updates.
    Update to bash-5.1.8.
    Update to dejagnu-1.6.3.
    Update to gdbm-1.20.
    Update to libcap-2.51.
    Update to man-pages-5.1.