[PATCH 1/4] system_data_types.7: wfix

[Alejandro Colomar]

Hello Michael,

On 2020-09-18 22:27, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> -Describes times in seconds and microseconds.
>> +Describes elapsed time in seconds and microseconds.
>>   .IP
>>   Conforming to: POSIX.1-2001 and later.
>>   .IP
> 
> I don;t think this patch is correct. At the least, it needs
> more explanation. As far as I can see, 'timespec' is not just
> about elapsed time. It really is just time, expressed as secs +
> nanosecs. For example, see utimensat(2), which set file timestamps
> with nanosec precision.

I took that wording from timeval.3bsd. But I think you're correct.

> 
> For the moment, I'm not applying this (and I hope not doing so
> doesn't break any following patch).

That's fine.  It shouldn't break anything.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael
> 


Cheers,

Alex