tags 498307 fixed-upstream thanks Hey Chris
Maybe you want to close this bug report then? Cheers, Michael On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Chris Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:29:39AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: >> Okay. I think part of the problem (from my upstream point of view) is >> that you are looking at rather old man-pages. (2.39 is about 50 >> releases ago.) Already by the time of your report, the upstream page >> mentioned the 512B figure in the text describing st_blocks. And... >> >> > A suggestion for their description: >> > st_blksize; /* file system I/O block size */ >> > st_blocks; /* disk blocks (e.g., sectors) allocated */ >> > >> > Or if st_blocks is always in units of 512 B, this may be more clear: >> > st_blocks; /* number of 512 B blocks allocated */ >> >> After my reply to your earlier mail I decided to make exactly the >> change in the preceing line. The change is already out, in >> man-pages-3.09, look here: >> >> http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man2/stat.2.html >> >> Does this version of the page address your concerns? > > It does! > > -- > Chris Frost | http://www.frostnet.net/chris/ > -------------+-------------------------------- > PGP: http://www.frostnet.net/chris/pgpkey.txt > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git man-pages online: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online_pages.html Found a bug? http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
