Subject: misc/22101: man (5) dir excludes d_type field in struct dirent description
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List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/09/2003 06:20:15
>Number: 22101
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: man (5) dir excludes d_type field in struct dirent description
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: misc-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 09 06:21:00 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Sethuraman Kailash
>Release: 1.6.1_STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD Kasba 1.6.1_STABLE NetBSD 1.6.1_STABLE #2: Sun Jul 6 17:42:17 SGT 2003 hsaliak@Kasba:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/THUG i386
>Description:
man (5) dir does not list "u_int8_t d_type" as a member of struct dirent. As this is an essential member of the structure, excluding it may result in confusion to the reader.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Include entry for d_type in the struct dirent { ... } definition in man (5) dir.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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