Re: [PATCH 1/2] system_data_types.7: Add 'off_t'

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On 10/27/20 11:23 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> On 2020-10-07 08:53, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> On 10/6/20 12:12 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> Thanks, patch applied. And I trimmed the "See also" a little.
>> I'd hold off on documenting loff_t and off64_t for the
>> moment. As you note in another mail, the *lseek* man page
>> situation is a bit of a mess. I'm not yet sure what to do.
> 
> 
> I saw a TODO in the page about loff_t.
> Just wanted to ping you in case you forgot about it (I did).

I didn't forget it exactly. I just don't know that I have the
inclination to do anything about the messy *llseek* pages.

Thanks,

Michael


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