From: Seth Girvan <snth@snthhacks.com>
To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] libuuid: fix man page typos
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 02:02:00 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181207100200.23361-1-snth@snthhacks.com> (raw)
Signed-off-by: Seth Girvan <snth@snthhacks.com>
---
libuuid/man/uuid.3 | 4 ++--
libuuid/man/uuid_generate.3 | 10 +++++-----
libuuid/man/uuid_parse.3 | 4 ++--
libuuid/man/uuid_unparse.3 | 2 +-
4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libuuid/man/uuid.3 b/libuuid/man/uuid.3
index 13ab7a8f4..7d6aeb126 100644
--- a/libuuid/man/uuid.3
+++ b/libuuid/man/uuid.3
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ be used, for instance, to generate unique HTTP cookies across multiple
web servers without communication between the servers, and without fear
of a name clash.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
-This library generates UUIDs compatible OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3 and
-V5 compatible with RFC-4122.
+This library generates UUIDs compatible with OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs
+V3 and V5 compatible with RFC-4122.
.SH AUTHOR
Theodore Y.\& Ts'o
.SH AVAILABILITY
diff --git a/libuuid/man/uuid_generate.3 b/libuuid/man/uuid_generate.3
index d30075905..e93dc79e1 100644
--- a/libuuid/man/uuid_generate.3
+++ b/libuuid/man/uuid_generate.3
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ The
.B uuid_generate_time
function forces the use of the alternative algorithm which uses the
current time and the local ethernet MAC address (if available).
-This algorithm used to be the default one used to generate UUID, but
+This algorithm used to be the default one used to generate UUIDs, but
because of the use of the ethernet MAC address, it can leak
information about when and where the UUID was generated. This can cause
privacy problems in some applications, so the
.B uuid_generate
function only uses this algorithm if a high-quality source of
randomness is not available. To guarantee uniqueness of UUIDs generated
-by concurrently running processes, the uuid library uses global
+by concurrently running processes, the uuid library uses a global
clock state counter (if the process has permissions to gain exclusive access
to this file) and/or the
.B uuidd
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ whether the UUID has been generated in a safe manner, use
.sp
The
.B uuid_generate_time_safe
-is similar to
+function is similar to
.BR uuid_generate_time ,
except that it returns a value which denotes whether any of the synchronization
mechanisms (see above) has been used.
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ The newly created UUID is returned in the memory location pointed to by
.B uuid_generate_time_safe
returns zero if the UUID has been generated in a safe manner, \-1 otherwise.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
-This library generates UUIDs compatible OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3 and
-V5 compatible with RFC-4122.
+This library generates UUIDs compatible with OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs
+V3 and V5 compatible with RFC-4122.
.SH AUTHOR
Theodore Y.\& Ts'o
.SH AVAILABILITY
diff --git a/libuuid/man/uuid_parse.3 b/libuuid/man/uuid_parse.3
index 50b2c87b6..156d15ddd 100644
--- a/libuuid/man/uuid_parse.3
+++ b/libuuid/man/uuid_parse.3
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ stored in the location pointed to by
.IR uu ,
otherwise \-1 is returned.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
-This library parses UUIDs compatible OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3 and
-V5 compatible with RFC-4122.
+This library parses UUIDs compatible with OSF DCE 1.1, and hash based UUIDs V3
+and V5 compatible with RFC-4122.
.SH AUTHOR
Theodore Y.\& Ts'o
.SH AVAILABILITY
diff --git a/libuuid/man/uuid_unparse.3 b/libuuid/man/uuid_unparse.3
index 8fb7a5956..7f708f057 100644
--- a/libuuid/man/uuid_unparse.3
+++ b/libuuid/man/uuid_unparse.3
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The
.B uuid_unparse
function converts the supplied UUID
.I uu
-from the binary representation into a 36-byte string (plus tailing '\e0')
+from the binary representation into a 36-byte string (plus trailing '\e0')
of the form 1b4e28ba\-2fa1\-11d2\-883f\-0016d3cca427 and stores this
value in the character string pointed to by
.IR out .
--
2.19.2
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2018-12-07 10:02 Seth Girvan [this message]
2018-12-10 11:48 ` [PATCH] libuuid: fix man page typos Karel Zak
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