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Various manual fixes...


Ok to commit the following fixes for the manual?

Andreas

2007-10-27  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>,

	* manual/libc.texinfo: Update for version 2.8 and latest commits.

	[BZ #4887]
	* manual/startup.texi (Environment Access): Explain that putenv,
	setenv, clearenv, and unsetenv are not thread safe.
	Patch by Takashi Nishiie <t-nishiie@soft.fujitsu.com>.

	* manual/process.texi (Executing a File): Fix xref usage.
	* manual/startup.texi (Program Basics): Likewise.
	* manual/stdio.texi (Variable Arguments Input): Likewise.
	* manual/sysinfo.texi (Host Identification): Likewise.
	* manual/syslog.texi (Overview of Syslog): Likewise.
	* manual/time.texi (Processor And CPU Time): Likewise.
	Patch by Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>.

	* manual/texinfo.tex: Update to latest version.

	[BZ #5180]
	* manual/socket.texi (Listening): Fix typo of listen.

============================================================
Index: manual/socket.texi
--- manual/socket.texi	6 Jul 2001 06:55:18 -0000	1.70
+++ manual/socket.texi	27 Oct 2007 15:55:36 -0000
@@ -2070,7 +2070,7 @@ access to connect to the socket.
 
 @comment sys/socket.h
 @comment BSD
-@deftypefun int listen (int @var{socket}, unsigned int @var{n})
+@deftypefun int listen (int @var{socket}, int @var{n})
 The @code{listen} function enables the socket @var{socket} to accept
 connections, thus making it a server socket.
 
--- manual/process.texi	2001-05-21 18:19:34.000000000 +0200
+++ manual/process.texi	2007-10-07 20:43:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -279,3 +279,3 @@ process execute a new program after it h
 To see the effects of @code{exec} from the point of view of the called
-program, @xref{Program Basics}.
+program, see @ref{Program Basics}.
 
--- manual/startup.texi	2006-11-10 22:10:22.000000000 +0100
+++ manual/startup.texi	2007-10-07 20:43:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -33,3 +33,3 @@ A program starts another program with th
 This chapter looks at program startup from the execee's point of view.  To
-see the event from the execor's point of view, @xref{Executing a File}.
+see the event from the execor's point of view, see @ref{Executing a File}.
 
--- manual/stdio.texi	2006-11-10 22:10:22.000000000 +0100
+++ manual/stdio.texi	2007-10-07 20:43:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -3910,3 +3910,3 @@ can check the number and types of argume
 function, and warn you when they do not match the format string.
-For details, @xref{Function Attributes, , Declaring Attributes of Functions,
+For details, see @ref{Function Attributes, , Declaring Attributes of Functions,
 gcc.info, Using GNU CC}.
--- manual/sysinfo.texi	2006-11-10 22:10:22.000000000 +0100
+++ manual/sysinfo.texi	2007-10-07 20:43:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -80,3 +80,3 @@ In some contexts, the host name is calle
 
-For more information on DNS host naming, @xref{Host Names}.
+For more information on DNS host naming, see @ref{Host Names}.
 
--- manual/syslog.texi	2006-11-10 22:10:22.000000000 +0100
+++ manual/syslog.texi	2007-10-07 20:43:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -92,3 +92,3 @@ This tells how important the content of 
 defined priority values are: debug, informational, warning, critical.
-For the complete list, @xref{syslog; vsyslog}.  Except for
+For the complete list, see @ref{syslog; vsyslog}.  Except for
 the fact that the priorities have a defined order, the meaning of each
--- manual/time.texi	2006-11-10 22:10:22.000000000 +0100
+++ manual/time.texi	2007-10-07 20:43:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -214,3 +214,3 @@ same value approximately every 72 minute
 For additional functions to examine a process' use of processor time,
-and to control it, @xref{Resource Usage And Limitation}.
+and to control it, see @ref{Resource Usage And Limitation}.
 

============================================================
Index: manual/string.texi
--- manual/string.texi	3 Dec 2006 22:55:13 -0000	1.73
+++ manual/string.texi	27 Oct 2007 16:27:40 -0000
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ and @samp{bar} to produce @samp{foobar},
 
 This function is not part of the ISO or POSIX standards, and is not
 customary on Unix systems, but we did not invent it either.  Perhaps it
-comes from MS-DOG.
+comes from MS-DOS.
 
 Its behavior is undefined if the strings overlap.  The function is
 declared in @file{string.h}.
============================================================
Index: manual/startup.texi
--- manual/startup.texi	10 Nov 2006 21:10:22 -0000	1.49
+++ manual/startup.texi	27 Oct 2007 16:27:40 -0000
@@ -309,9 +309,9 @@ character, since this is assumed to term
 
 The value of an environment variable can be accessed with the
 @code{getenv} function.  This is declared in the header file
-@file{stdlib.h}.  All of the following functions can be safely used in
-multi-threaded programs.  It is made sure that concurrent modifications
-to the environment do not lead to errors.
+@file{stdlib.h}.  Modifications of enviroment variables are not
+allowed in Multi-threaded programs.  The @code{getenv} function
+can be safely used in multi-threaded programs.
 @pindex stdlib.h
 
 @comment stdlib.h

============================================================
Index: manual/libc.texinfo
--- manual/libc.texinfo	22 Oct 2007 05:00:45 -0000	1.96
+++ manual/libc.texinfo	27 Oct 2007 16:30:43 -0000
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 @comment %**end of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.)
 
 @c sold 0.06/1.09, print run out 21may96
-@set EDITION 0.11
-@set VERSION 2.7
-@set UPDATED 2007-09-09
+@set EDITION 0.12
+@set VERSION 2.8
+@set UPDATED 2007-10-27
 @set ISBN 1-882114-55-8
 
 @copying

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