tag 508968 fixed-upstream thanks On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 4:46 AM, Bastien ROUCARIES <roucaries.bast...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Michael Kerrisk > <mtk.manpa...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Hi Bastien, >> >> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Bastien ROUCARIES >> <roucaries.bast...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Package: manpages-dev >>> Version: 3.05-1 >>> Severity: wishlist >>> >>> Please clarify that before 2.6.4 d-type is DT_UNKNOW. >> >> I don't really see what the problem is here. The man page already >> says that the d_type field is only available since 2.6.4. Why do you >> not think that is sufficient? > > Even if the d_field is available since 2.6.4, we could retrieve > safelly it. Because kernel pad with \0 and therefore it will give > DT_UNKNOW. Therefore before 2.6.4 this field is available but alway > initialized to DT_UNKNOW.
Okay, for man-pages-3.17, I've applied the patch below. Look okay to you? Cheers, Michael --- a/man2/getdents.2 +++ b/man2/getdents.2 @@ -115,6 +115,16 @@ This is a Unix domain socket. .B DT_UNKNOWN The file type is unknown. .PP +The +.I d_type +field is implemented since Linux 2.6.4. +It occupies a space that was previously a zero-filled padding byte in the +.IR linux_dirent +structure. +Thus, on kernels before 2.6.3, +attempting to access this field always provides the value 0 +.RB ( DT_UNKNOWN ). +.PP Currently, .\" kernel 2.6.27 .\" The same sentence is in readdir.2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
