man-pages-6.8 released

[Alejandro Colomar]

Gidday!

I'm proud to announce:

	man-pages-6.8 - manual pages for GNU/Linux

Tarball download:
<https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/>
Git repository:
<https://git.kernel.org/cgit/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/>
Online PDF book:
<https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/book/>

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Downstream packagers, please read the changes below.  There are
important changes in this release.


Have a lovely day!

Alex

==================== Changes in man-pages-6.08 ====================

Released: 2024-05-19, Aldaya


New and rewritten pages
-----------------------

man3type/
        locale_t.3type
        mbstate_t.3type
        wchar_t.3type
        wint_t.3type


Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
---------------------------------------------

man2/
        init_module.2
                MODULE_INIT_COMPRESS_FILE

        get_mempolicy.2
        mbind.2
        set_mempolicy.2
                MPOL_WEIGHTED_INTERLEAVE

        mount_setattr.2
                squashfs
                tmpfs
                cephfs
                hugetlbfs

man5/
man8/
        proc.5
                subset

        elf.5
        ld.so.8
                Updeprecate and explain DT_RPATH

man7/
        string_copying.7
                strndup()


New and changed links
---------------------

man3/
        S_ISBLK.3                       (inode(7))
        S_ISCHR.3                       (inode(7))
        S_ISDIR.3                       (inode(7))
        S_ISFIFO.3                      (inode(7))
        S_ISLNK.3                       (inode(7))
        S_ISREG.3                       (inode(7))
        S_ISSOCK.3                      (inode(7))
        pthread_cond_broadcast.3        (pthread_cond_init(3))
        pthread_cond_destroy.3          (pthread_cond_init(3))
        pthread_cond_signal.3           (pthread_cond_init(3))
        pthread_cond_timedwait.3        (pthread_cond_init(3))
        pthread_cond_wait.3             (pthread_cond_init(3))
        pthread_condattr_destroy.3      (pthread_condattr_init(3))
        pthread_getspecific.3           (pthread_key_create(3))
        pthread_key_delete.3            (pthread_key_create(3))
        pthread_mutex_destroy.3         (pthread_mutex_init(3))
        pthread_mutex_lock.3            (pthread_mutex_init(3))
        pthread_mutex_trylock.3         (pthread_mutex_init(3))
        pthread_mutex_unlock.3          (pthread_mutex_init(3))
        pthread_mutexattr_getkind_np.3  (pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np(3))
        pthread_mutexattr_gettype.3     (pthread_mutexattr_init(3))
        pthread_mutexattr_settype.3     (pthread_mutexattr_init(3))
        pthread_setspecific.3           (pthread_key_create(3))


Global changes
--------------

-  Build system
   !  Stamp the versions on the pages at install time, instead of dist
      time.  This change is important, because downstream packagers will
      need to `make install` instead of just copying the pages.
      The benefit of this is that downstream distributors are now able
      to set their own distro-specific version strings.  The most common
      thing that I'd expect is setting a suffix such as '-1', which can
      be done with `make install EXTRAVERSION=-1`.
      Another benefit is that downstream patches that apply near the
      TH line will have to be refreshed less often, since the TH line
      will not necessarily change in every release.
   -  Reorganize build system
   -  Improve support for Darwin systems.
   -  Remove any generated files (fonts) from the repository, and
      generate them at build time.
   -  Various improvements to the generation of the PDF book.

-  man
   -  Move manual pages to a new directory man/, so that they are now
      under man/man*/.  Symlinks have been added for convenience.

-  git
   -  Import pthread_*.3 link pages' git history from debian/glibc.git

-  CONTRIBUTING.d
   -  Add help for using git-config(1), git-send-email(1),
      git-range-diff(1), and [neo]mutt(1).


Changes to individual files
---------------------------

The manual pages and other files in the repository have been improved
beyond what this changelog covers.  To learn more about changes applied
to individual pages, or the authors of changes, use git(1).

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<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>

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