* [PATCH] NEWS: Fix typos, grammar, and missing words
@ 2021-07-31 23:25 Mark Harris via Libc-alpha
2021-08-01 4:30 ` Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha
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From: Mark Harris via Libc-alpha @ 2021-07-31 23:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: libc-alpha
---
NEWS | 25 +++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ea54518142..ee391c9271 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ Major new features:
* Add support for 64-bit time_t on configurations like x86 where time_t
is traditionally 32-bit. Although time_t still defaults to 32-bit on
these configurations, this default may change in future versions.
- This is enabled with the _TIME_BITS preprocessor set to 64 and only
- supported when LFS (_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64) is also enabled. It is only
- enabled for Linux and the full support requires a minimum version of 5.1.
+ This is enabled with the _TIME_BITS preprocessor macro set to 64 and is
+ only supported when LFS (_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64) is also enabled. It is
+ only enabled for Linux and the full support requires a minimum kernel
+ version of 5.1.
* The main gconv-modules file in glibc now contains only a small set of
essential converter modules and the rest have been moved into a supplementary
@@ -68,13 +69,13 @@ Major new features:
closing a range of file descriptors on recent kernels (version 5.9).
* The function closefrom has been added. It closes all file descriptors
- greater than given integer. This function is a GNU extension, although it
- also present in other systems.
+ greater than or equal to a given integer. This function is a GNU extension,
+ although it is also present in other systems.
-* The posix_spawn_file_actions_closefrom_np function has been added, enabling
- posix_spawn and posix_spawnp to close all file descriptors great than or
- equal to a giver integer. This function is a GNU extension, although
- Solaris also provides a similar function.
+* The posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np function has been added,
+ enabling posix_spawn and posix_spawnp to close all file descriptors greater
+ than or equal to a given integer. This function is a GNU extension,
+ although Solaris also provides a similar function.
Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
@@ -109,11 +110,11 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
* The pthread cancellation handler is now installed with SA_RESTART and
pthread_cancel will always send the internal SIGCANCEL on a cancellation
- request. It should not be visible to application since the cancellation
+ request. It should not be visible to applications since the cancellation
handler should either act upon cancellation (if asynchronous cancellation
is enabled) or ignore the cancellation internal signal. However there are
- buggy kernel interfaces (for instance some CIFS version) that could still
- see spurious EINTR error when cancellation interrupts a blocking syscall.
+ buggy kernel interfaces (for instance some CIFS versions) that could still
+ see a spurious EINTR error when cancellation interrupts a blocking syscall.
* Previously, glibc installed its various shared objects under versioned
file names such as libc-2.33.so. The ABI sonames (e.g., libc.so.6)
--
2.32.0
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* Re: [PATCH] NEWS: Fix typos, grammar, and missing words
2021-07-31 23:25 [PATCH] NEWS: Fix typos, grammar, and missing words Mark Harris via Libc-alpha
@ 2021-08-01 4:30 ` Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha
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From: Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha @ 2021-08-01 4:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mark Harris, libc-alpha
On 7/31/21 7:25 PM, Mark Harris via Libc-alpha wrote:
> ---
> NEWS | 25 +++++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
Thank you very much! These look good to me for glibc 2.34.
I'll push these ahead of other NEWS changes I'm making.
Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index ea54518142..ee391c9271 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ Major new features:
> * Add support for 64-bit time_t on configurations like x86 where time_t
> is traditionally 32-bit. Although time_t still defaults to 32-bit on
> these configurations, this default may change in future versions.
> - This is enabled with the _TIME_BITS preprocessor set to 64 and only
> - supported when LFS (_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64) is also enabled. It is only
> - enabled for Linux and the full support requires a minimum version of 5.1.
> + This is enabled with the _TIME_BITS preprocessor macro set to 64 and is
> + only supported when LFS (_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64) is also enabled. It is
> + only enabled for Linux and the full support requires a minimum kernel
> + version of 5.1.
>
> * The main gconv-modules file in glibc now contains only a small set of
> essential converter modules and the rest have been moved into a supplementary
> @@ -68,13 +69,13 @@ Major new features:
> closing a range of file descriptors on recent kernels (version 5.9).
>
> * The function closefrom has been added. It closes all file descriptors
> - greater than given integer. This function is a GNU extension, although it
> - also present in other systems.
> + greater than or equal to a given integer. This function is a GNU extension,
> + although it is also present in other systems.
>
> -* The posix_spawn_file_actions_closefrom_np function has been added, enabling
> - posix_spawn and posix_spawnp to close all file descriptors great than or
> - equal to a giver integer. This function is a GNU extension, although
> - Solaris also provides a similar function.
> +* The posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np function has been added,
> + enabling posix_spawn and posix_spawnp to close all file descriptors greater
> + than or equal to a given integer. This function is a GNU extension,
> + although Solaris also provides a similar function.
>
> Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
>
> @@ -109,11 +110,11 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
>
> * The pthread cancellation handler is now installed with SA_RESTART and
> pthread_cancel will always send the internal SIGCANCEL on a cancellation
> - request. It should not be visible to application since the cancellation
> + request. It should not be visible to applications since the cancellation
> handler should either act upon cancellation (if asynchronous cancellation
> is enabled) or ignore the cancellation internal signal. However there are
> - buggy kernel interfaces (for instance some CIFS version) that could still
> - see spurious EINTR error when cancellation interrupts a blocking syscall.
> + buggy kernel interfaces (for instance some CIFS versions) that could still
> + see a spurious EINTR error when cancellation interrupts a blocking syscall.
>
> * Previously, glibc installed its various shared objects under versioned
> file names such as libc-2.33.so. The ABI sonames (e.g., libc.so.6)
>
--
Cheers,
Carlos.
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