This is the mail archive of the libc-alpha@sourceware.org mailing list for the glibc project.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format: [Raw text]

Fix seteuid argument docs (bug 11174)


I've applied this patch to fix bug 11174 by being consistent about the 
name used in the manual for the argument of seteuid.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7aee191..aa0561e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2012-02-19  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
+	[BZ #11174]
+	* manual/users.texi (seteuid): Consistently use neweuid for
+	argument name.
+
+2012-02-19  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
+
 	[BZ #13704]
 	* manual/nss.texi (Services in the NSS configuration): Correct
 	list of services in example configuration file.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 10ef6da..4cf68ba 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Version 2.16
 * The following bugs are resolved with this release:
 
   174, 350, 411, 3335, 4026, 4596, 4822, 5077, 5805, 5993, 6884, 6907, 9902,
-  10140, 10210, 11322, 11494, 12047, 13058, 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528,
-  13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555,
-  13559, 13583, 13618, 13704
+  10140, 10210, 11174, 11322, 11494, 12047, 13058, 13525, 13526, 13527,
+  13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553,
+  13555, 13559, 13583, 13618, 13704
 
 * ISO C11 support:
 
diff --git a/manual/users.texi b/manual/users.texi
index efe8958..bdc2d68 100644
--- a/manual/users.texi
+++ b/manual/users.texi
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ include the header files @file{sys/types.h} and @file{unistd.h}.
 @comment unistd.h
 @comment POSIX.1
 @deftypefun int seteuid (uid_t @var{neweuid})
-This function sets the effective user ID of a process to @var{newuid},
+This function sets the effective user ID of a process to @var{neweuid},
 provided that the process is allowed to change its effective user ID.  A
 privileged process (effective user ID zero) can change its effective
 user ID to any legal value.  An unprivileged process with a file user ID
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ function:
 
 @table @code
 @item EINVAL
-The value of the @var{newuid} argument is invalid.
+The value of the @var{neweuid} argument is invalid.
 
 @item EPERM
 The process may not change to the specified ID.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]