libuuid: fix man page typos
PATCH 1/1 libuuid: fix man page typos
Signed-off-by Seth Girvan <[email protected]>
--- 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(-)
libuuid/man/uuid.3 +2 -2
@@ -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
libuuid/man/uuid_generate.3 +5 -5
@@ -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
libuuid/man/uuid_parse.3 +2 -2
@@ -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
libuuid/man/uuid_unparse.3 +1 -1
@@ -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 .
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2.19.2
Quoted 5 lines · Seth Girvan
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(-)
Applied, thanks!
Karel
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Karel Zak <[email protected]> http://karelzak.blogspot.com