Subject: lib/23951: Typo in mlock(2).
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Aidan Kehoe <aidan.kehoe@phorest.ie>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/02/2004 16:24:40
>Number: 23951
>Category: lib
>Synopsis: One character typo in src/lib/libc/sys/mlock.2
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: lib-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Fri Jan 02 16:25:01 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Aidan Kehoe
>Release: NetBSD 1.6ZD
>Organization:
Aidan Kehoe
Technical Officer
nDevor Systems Ltd
Email: aidan.kehoe@phorest.ie
Mobile: +353 86 3874935
Phone: +353 1 8747800 (GMT office hours)
Physical: 69 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
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>Environment:
System: NetBSD smiley 1.6ZD NetBSD 1.6ZD (SMILEY) #: Fri Oct 17 09:51:15 IST 2003 aidan@smiley:/usr/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/SMILEY i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
The manual page for the mlock system call says EPERM is returned when
"mlock was called by non-root on an architecture were locked page
accounting ...". The adverb of location is normally spelled "where" in
current written English. "Were" means something else.
>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
>Fix:
$ diff -u src/lib/libc/sys/mlock.2{~,}
--- src/lib/libc/sys/mlock.2~ 2003-12-27 16:06:23.000000000 +0000
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/mlock.2 2003-12-27 16:05:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
There was an error faulting/mapping a page.
.It Bq Er EPERM
.Fn mlock
-was called by non-root on an architecture were locked page accounting
+was called by non-root on an architecture where locked page accounting
is not implemented.
.Pp
.El
$
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