Bug#368865: Re: Bug#368865: manpages-dev: backtrace: please include documentation

2006-05-26 Thread Michael Kerrisk
> On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 01:20:08AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > > Included is a manpage documenting backtrace(); it is not presently > > > ready for inclusion; some issues remain. > > > > > I'm sending it for review > > > and for help.. > > > > Justin, I probably need you to do as much a

Bug#368865: manpages-dev: backtrace: please include documentation

2006-05-26 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 01:20:08AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > Included is a manpage documenting backtrace(); it is not presently > > ready for inclusion; some issues remain. > > > I'm sending it for review > > and for help.. > > Justin, I probably need you to do as much as possible. > Ha

Bug#368865: manpages-dev: backtrace: please include documentation

2006-05-25 Thread Michael Kerrisk
> Included is a manpage documenting backtrace(); it is not presently > ready for inclusion; some issues remain. > I'm sending it for review > and for help.. Justin, I probably need you to do as much as possible. Have you read the other documentation, and integrated relevant ideas into the page?

Bug#368865: manpages-dev: backtrace: please include documentation

2006-05-25 Thread Michael Kerrisk
Stefan, Thanks for stepping in... > I've looked at the proposed manual page and I have a > few comments (note that I haven't managed to use the > backtrace() functions correctly yet, so I'm not a > specialist): > > - the description for backtrace() sounds a bit off; > I'm not a native speaker o

Bug#368865: manpages-dev: backtrace: please include documentation

2006-05-25 Thread Michael Kerrisk
Justin, I revised my earlier test program a little. You might want to consider placing it in the man page. Cheers, Michael #include #include #include #include void myfunc3(void) { int nptrs, j; #define SIZE 100 void *ptr[SIZE]; char **strings; nptrs = backtrace(ptr, SIZ

Bug#368865: manpages-dev: backtrace: please include documentation

2006-05-25 Thread Stefan Puiu
Hi, I've looked at the proposed manual page and I have a few comments (note that I haven't managed to use the backtrace() functions correctly yet, so I'm not a specialist): - the description for backtrace() sounds a bit off; I'm not a native speaker of English, but "stores to buffer" should pr

Bug#368865: manpages-dev: backtrace: please include documentation

2006-05-25 Thread Justin Pryzby
Package: manpages-dev Version: 2.28-1 Severity: wishlist X-Reference: file:///usr/share/doc/glibc-doc/html/libc_33.html#SEC669 Y-Reference: http://people.redhat.com/~drepper/tut1.ps Included is a manpage documenting backtrace(); it is not presently ready for inclusion; some issues remain. I'm sen