From nobody Mon May 18 19:06:43 2026 X-Original-To: dev-commits-src-main@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4gK6jc6dsxz6fqFR; Mon, 18 May 2026 19:06:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::24b:4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "R12" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gK6jc4qDBz3PV4; Mon, 18 May 2026 19:06:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@freebsd.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1779131204; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=Wr9jSq0gOwx05pFgmZg+VsgNJev44RqXfvNMWyS4I4A=; b=K+Dz8xs7bJvAxSZGpsvuLnOdxCKhCpjF4rN7JlEHkhab/T/6SEvlRCrib0m9O5+eO9sfgm gk3wuUqKaajC0oL814vtz555W0RD8MBqxIr5vF1hZP6esKaFCGmCCjBvuvig02q5Hq4T5A hPuXGYLhln5MbnHvtyqHZIn5dc8rRUs+EUTpsJw9IFfLwGfLGMyaEF+dE385+tU5meRRXj 5yXPzt1Sf+wf2oB4EZbA7qGML7DWGq/FnBhYCrN3Jb0qxh+ZhnrLZIEgXaXFoHpRr+7Uvt zyesBRY+As1Ebe52n7sCbhImzaS+8jxaHj3JLUHcFpMdq3m3X+MDRl2+8FX8AA== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1779131204; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=ecbydO8rmw9HmBp+/257We0YQ2rY8RgCsKagKEswQ25YUardoeLBHLnk7lTV7d9GKw4OVC 6u/oBuB3lKQwPxqkPpSvZ8DuLuqAiUWrcHeyolswAKbVz8oiudrpGiIH2SPmo59TA0UFaN 5M6bAq0c0MGeUevkep9ut0JeMA+Llae8S0of2Dy1f4G4b/L72yqLGOpVEvzs1lwupFmza/ CXdmVSAPnVvQwNXO4wr11ixVBNPNjnNPgM2XogjnTe4+zX5o0/ApUWzPHFUSF0mYqjeZ90 E3r9v95mUpModKH5srDJSS0eIREvOU9stDgi/0esYprEEHdfWSGX/4XO4JJr/A== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1779131204; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=Wr9jSq0gOwx05pFgmZg+VsgNJev44RqXfvNMWyS4I4A=; b=fk9K7FN0qQT7VQPtTU4WdefS25nayU2OLoeY9EDHwqUBYeL6EmgXMqzAt9f4abdwvYa/vF RIzoop7TY0yv4r+B9YHf5vLfYUcKVTjRBcZux4MWwHXCXVo7PGgILl+hN0dJZKVLD9x5yu JyITK1PCP0FWniztIBXDWCb1fRba6trM7/NGFMaKDLP+QSIgzzxQ889a8Qy2ESAxD4y4Gk rfZ6gTJJYnCwsEvLuagvOKIv4BM8/gGR4w5awT6pyK5Wqyiw7E/R2T2K0Tsdfgtr4UoXtg +DlU1plNZ8XPO+MCC0f/BXCIT3SVpz3aLQ2+i0vVQ9ix67NcW2kPKTmas3x7ig== Received: from spindle.one-eyed-alien.net (spindle.one-eyed-alien.net [199.48.129.229]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: brooks/mail) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4gK6jc3r5pz1GlN; Mon, 18 May 2026 19:06:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@freebsd.org) Received: by spindle.one-eyed-alien.net (Postfix, from userid 3001) id B5D253C01A0; Mon, 18 May 2026 19:06:43 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 19:06:43 +0000 From: Brooks Davis To: Ed Maste Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 876a17321c89 - main - nlist.3: Replace a.out(5) Xref with elf(5) Message-ID: References: <6a0b286c.40371.a734374@gitrepo.freebsd.org> List-Id: Commit messages for the main branch of the src repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-src-main List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6a0b286c.40371.a734374@gitrepo.freebsd.org> On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 02:55:40PM +0000, Ed Maste wrote: > The branch main has been updated by emaste: > > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=876a17321c896427d70de94101df4d888a19189b > > commit 876a17321c896427d70de94101df4d888a19189b > Author: Ed Maste > AuthorDate: 2026-05-18 14:50:22 +0000 > Commit: Ed Maste > CommitDate: 2026-05-18 14:55:32 +0000 > > nlist.3: Replace a.out(5) Xref with elf(5) > > ELF support was added to nlist() in 1997, and a.out support was removed > in 2020. The man page was not updated for either of these changes. I'm not sure this is quite the right change. struct nlist is documented in a.out(5) not elf(5). It's also documented in stab(5) so it might be that is a better reference. Ultimately, we might want to embed documentation of the relevant parts of struct nlist in nlist(3). There's a whole cluster of excedingly obsolete manpages in this area including, for example, link(5) which seems to have not had a technical content change since 1995. -- Brooks