Bug#367401: manpages-dev: please make mmap.2 reference mincore.2

2006-05-17 Thread Michael Kerrisk
Justin, > On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 12:25:18AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > Justin, > > > > > On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 10:06:29PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > > > > > > changes: > > > > > > > make mmap.2 reference mincore > > > > > > > > > > > > Done, for 2.33. > > > > > > > > > > > >

Bug#367401: manpages-dev: please make mmap.2 reference mincore.2

2006-05-17 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 12:25:18AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > Justin, > > > On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 10:06:29PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > > > > > changes: > > > > > > make mmap.2 reference mincore > > > > > > > > > > Done, for 2.33. > > > > > > > > > > > explicitly state that a r

Bug#367401: manpages-dev: please make mmap.2 reference mincore.2

2006-05-16 Thread Michael Kerrisk
Justin, > On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 10:06:29PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > > > > changes: > > > > > make mmap.2 reference mincore > > > > > > > > Done, for 2.33. > > > > > > > > > explicitly state that a read-only MAP_PRIVATE is equivalent to > > > > > MAP_SHARED > > > > > > > > *why

Bug#367401: manpages-dev: please make mmap.2 reference mincore.2

2006-05-16 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 10:06:29PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > > > changes: > > > > make mmap.2 reference mincore > > > > > > Done, for 2.33. > > > > > > > explicitly state that a read-only MAP_PRIVATE is equivalent to > > > > MAP_SHARED > > > > > > *why?* You do not explain what b

Bug#367401: manpages-dev: please make mmap.2 reference mincore.2

2006-05-15 Thread Michael Kerrisk
> changes: > make mmap.2 reference mincore Done, for 2.33. > explicitly state that a read-only MAP_PRIVATE is equivalent to > MAP_SHARED *why?* You do not explain what benefit this serves. > An alternative would be to take the commented-out Linus quote embedded > in mmap.2 which says pr

Bug#367401: manpages-dev: please make mmap.2 reference mincore.2

2006-05-15 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 09:52:36PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > changes: > > make mmap.2 reference mincore > > Done, for 2.33. > > > explicitly state that a read-only MAP_PRIVATE is equivalent to > > MAP_SHARED > > *why?* You do not explain what benefit this serves. Because, upon re

Bug#367401: manpages-dev: please make mmap.2 reference mincore.2

2006-05-15 Thread Michael Kerrisk
> > > changes: > > > make mmap.2 reference mincore > > > > Done, for 2.33. > > > > > explicitly state that a read-only MAP_PRIVATE is equivalent to > > > MAP_SHARED > > > > *why?* You do not explain what benefit this serves. > Because, upon reflection, it isn't immediately clear from the

Bug#367401: manpages-dev: please make mmap.2 reference mincore.2

2006-05-15 Thread Justin Pryzby
Package: manpages-dev Version: 2.28-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch changes: make mmap.2 reference mincore explicitly state that a read-only MAP_PRIVATE is equivalent to MAP_SHARED An alternative would be to take the commented-out Linus quote embedded in mmap.2 which says precisely what I