Re: [PATCH] manual: adjust reference to man-pages following proc(5) split-up

On 29/08/26 16:05, Collin Funk wrote:
> Adhemerval Zanella Netto <[email protected]> writes:
> 
>> On 28/08/26 00:57, Collin Funk wrote:
>>> The reference to MAP_NORESERVE and /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory was
>>> moved from proc(5) to proc_sys(5) in man-pages commit bfc1299e7 (proc.5,
>>> proc_sys.5: Split /proc/sys/ from proc(5), 2023-08-15). It was
>>> subsequently moved to proc_sys_vm(5) in man-pages commit
>>> b06cd070f (proc_sys.5, proc_sys_vm.5: Split /proc/sys/vm/ from
>>> proc_sys(5), 2023-09-30).
>>> ---
>>>  manual/llio.texi | 4 ++--
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/manual/llio.texi b/manual/llio.texi
>>> index 405174839f..aa8f3b82b5 100644
>>> --- a/manual/llio.texi
>>> +++ b/manual/llio.texi
>>> @@ -1887,8 +1887,8 @@ @node Memory-mapped I/O
>>>  unable to map a page due to lack of resources.
>>>  
>>>  On Linux, this flag's behavior may be overridden by
>>> -@file{/proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory} as documented in the proc(5) man
>>> -page.
>>> +@file{/proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory} as documented in the
>>> +proc_sys_vm(5) man page.
>>
>> Maybe add it might be documented in both since we can't be sure which
>> man-pages version has installed.
> 
> Well, I guess there are three pages that it could be in. Not sure if
> proc_sys(5) with that info made it into an actual release.
> 
> My thinking was that only putting the latest one works, since people
> using the latest glibc manual are more likely to have the latest
> man-pages as well.

Fair enough.

LGTM, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <[email protected]>

 Or, if they are using the internet they will
> hopefully be looking at the latest glibc manual and man-pages release.
> WDYT?