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changeset 17231:cf6928b1dc95
doc: omit mention of version when not needed
* doc/gnulib-intro.texi (Portability and Application Code):
* doc/gnulib.texi (Brief Overview, Legacy Function Substitutes):
Don't mention particular dates or versions when not necessary, so
that the documentation won't go out of date so quickly.
author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> |
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date | Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:38:00 -0800 |
parents | fcfae18412a5 |
children | df8ebc8da37a |
files | ChangeLog doc/gnulib-intro.texi doc/gnulib.texi |
diffstat | 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@ 2012-12-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + doc: omit mention of version when not needed + * doc/gnulib-intro.texi (Portability and Application Code): + * doc/gnulib.texi (Brief Overview, Legacy Function Substitutes): + Don't mention particular dates or versions when not necessary, so + that the documentation won't go out of date so quickly. + * doc/intprops.texi (Integer Properties): Fix Texinfo typo. 2012-12-28 Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr>
--- a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi +++ b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Another goal of Gnulib is to provide application code that can be shared between several applications. Some people wonder: "What? glibc doesn't have a function to copy a file?" Indeed, the scope of a system's libc is -to implement the relevant standards (ISO C99, POSIX:2001) and to provide +to implement the relevant standards (ISO C, POSIX) and to provide access functions to the kernel's system calls, and little more. There is no clear borderline between both areas.
--- a/doc/gnulib.texi +++ b/doc/gnulib.texi @@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ @node Brief Overview @chapter Brief Overview -Gnulib is a source code library. It provides basic functionality to -programs and libraries. Currently (as of October 2006) more than 30 -packages make use of Gnulib. +Gnulib is a source code library that provides basic functionality to +programs and libraries. Many software packages make use of Gnulib +to avoid reinventing the portability wheel. Resources: @@ -3743,7 +3743,7 @@ @chapter Past POSIX Function Substitutes This chapter describes which functions and function-like macros specified by -older versions of POSIX (POSIX:2001) are substituted by Gnulib, which +older versions of POSIX are substituted by Gnulib, which portability pitfalls are fixed by Gnulib, and which (known) portability problems are not worked around by Gnulib.