On 12/30/20 10:38 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:

Hi Alex,

On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 at 21:53, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
[off-list ref] wrote:

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Hi Michael,

Please, see a comment below.

Thanks,

Alex

On 12/29/20 9:32 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:

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Hi Alex, Ganimedes,

Again, in the subject line, s/

non-existing/nonexistent/

[...]

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--- a/man2/getdents.2
+++ b/man2/getdents.2

@@ -211,13 +211,13 @@ SVr4.
 Library support for
 .BR getdents64 ()
 was added in glibc 2.30;
-there is no glibc wrapper for
-.BR getdents ().
-Calling
+Glibc does not provide a wrapper for
+.BR getdents ();
+call

s/call/calling/

See below

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 .BR getdents ()
 (or
 .BR getdents64 ()
-on earlier glibc versions) requires the use of
+on earlier glibc versions) using

The new version is 'Call XXX using syscall(2).'.

I need more context here please. What do you mean with "The new version"?

Hi Michael,

I mean after applying this patch.

This patch changes ". Calling XXX requires the use of syscall(2)"
to "; call XXX using syscall(2)".

"; calling XXX using syscall(2)" wouldn't make sense.

Thanks,

Alex

Thanks,

Michael