man-pages-6.19 released

Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:20:33 +0200
Newsgroups	gmane.linux.man,gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.comp.lib.glibc.alpha
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Gidday!

I'm proud to announce:

	man-pages-6.19 - manual pages for GNU+Linux

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

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==================== NEWS =========================================

One manual page has been removed (see 'Removed pages' in the change log
below).

Also, we've changed the build system to use POSIX's '::=' instead of
GNU's ':='.  Our build system is not portable to POSIX make(1), but this
difference was unnecessary and seemed easy to change.


==================== Linux Software Map ===========================

Begin4
Title:          Linux man-pages
Version:        6.19
Entered-date:   2026-08-25
Description:    Manual pages for GNU+Linux.  This package contains
                manual pages for sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7, and
                subsections of those.  Only a few pages are provided in
                sections 1, 6, and 8, and none in 9.
Keywords:       man pages
Maintained-by:  Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
Primary-site:   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages
                2.7M  man-pages-6.19.tar.gz
Copying-policy: several; the pages are all freely distributable as long as
                nroff source is provided
End


==================== Changes in man-pages-6.19 ====================

Released: 2026-08-25, Aldaya


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

man0/
	intro.0					(previously, intro(1))

man1/
	intro.1					(split into two pages)

man2/
	_llseek.2				(previously, llseek(2))
	clone2.2				(previously, clone(2))
	clone.2					(split into two pages)
	exit.2					(previously, _exit(2))
	llseek.2				(moved into _llseek(2))
	quotactl.2				(split into many pages)

man2const/
	Q_GETFMT.2const				(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_GETINFO.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_GETNEXTQUOTA.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_GETQUOTA.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_GETSTATS.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_QUOTAOFF.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_QUOTAON.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_SETINFO.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_SETQUOTA.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_SYNC.2const				(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_XGETNEXTQUOTA.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_XGETQSTAT.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_XGETQSTATV.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_XGETQUOTA.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_XQUOTAOFF.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_XQUOTAON.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_XQUOTARM.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_XQUOTASYNC.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	Q_XSETQLIM.2const			(previously, quotactl(2))
	UFFDIO_RWPROTECT.2const
	UFFDIO_SET_MODE.2const

man2type/
	dqblk.2type				(previously, quotactl(2))
	dqinfo.2type				(previously, quotactl(2))
	fs_disk_quota.2type			(previously, quotactl(2))

man3/
	_exit.3					(previously, _exit(2)
	bstring.3				(now link to memory.h(3head))
	cfmakeraw.3				(previously, termios(3))
	cfsetspeed.3				(previously, termios(3))
	bzero.3					(split into two pages)
	explicit_bzero.3			(previously, bzero(3))
	fgetc.3					(split into two pages)
	fgets.3					(previously, fgetc(3))
	llseek.3				(previously, lseek64(3))
	lseek64.3				(split into two pages)
	memchr.3				(split into two pages)
	mempcpy.3				(split into two pages)
	memset_explicit.3
	memrchr.3				(previously, memchr(3))
	stpncpy.3				(split into two pages)
	strcasecmp.3				(split into two pages)
	strcasestr.3				(previously, strstr(3))
	strchr.3				(split into two pages)
	strcmp.3				(split into two pages)
	strdup.3				(split into two pages)
	strdupa.3				(split into two pages)
	string.3
	strncasecmp.3				(previously, strcasecmp(3))
	strncmp.3				(previously, strcmp(3))
	strncpy.3				(previously, stpncpy(3))
	strndup.3				(previously, strdupa(3))
	strndupa.3				(previously, strdupa(3))
	strlcpy.3
	strrchr.3				(previously, strchr(3))
	strstr.3				(split into two pages)
	tcdrain.3				(previously, termios(3))
	tcflow.3				(previously, termios(3))
	tcflush.3				(previously, termios(3))
	tcsendbreak.3				(previously, termios(3))
	tcsetattr.3				(previously, termios(3))
	termios.3				(split into many pages)
	wmempcpy.3				(previously, mempcpy(3))

man3head/
	memory.h.3head

man3type/
	termios.3type				(previously, termios(3))

man5/
	ld.so.conf.5
	tunables.conf.5

man7/
	termios.7

man9/
	strscpy.9


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

man2/
	openat2.2
		OPENAT2_REGULAR
	seccomp.2
		SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC_ESRCH
		SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_WAIT_KILLABLE_RECV
	userfaultfd.2
		UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_RWP
		UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_RWP

man2const/
	F_GET_SEALS.2const
		F_SEAL_EXEC
	UFFDIO_API.2const
		UFFD_FEATURE_RWP
		UFFD_FEATURE_RWP_ASYNC
		_UFFDIO_SET_MODE
	UFFDIO_REGISTER.2const
		UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_RWP
		_UFFDIO_RWPROTECT

man4/
	console_codes.4
		Several xterm(1) codes.

man5/
	proc_pid_fdinfo.5
		int

man7/
	suffixes.7
		.xz
		.zst

man8/
	ldconfig.8
		-t
		/etc/tunables.conf


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

man2/
	__clone2.2				(clone2(2))
	llseek.2				(_llseek(2))

man3/
	_Exit.3					(_exit(3))
	bstring.3				(memory(h.3head))
	cfgetispeed.3				(cfsetspeed(3))
	cfgetospeed.3				(cfsetspeed(3))
	cfsetispeed.3				(cfsetspeed(3))
	cfsetospeed.3				(cfsetspeed(3))
	strlcat.3				(strlcpy(3))
	tcgetattr.3				(tcsetattr(3))


Removed pages
-------------

man2/
	_exit.2					(moved+split into two pages)


Removed links
-------------


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

-  share/mk/
   -  Use POSIX.1-2008's '::=' instead of GNU's ':='.
   -  The <string.h>- and <memory.h>-related manual pages have been
      significantly rewritten.


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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