tags 942207 fixed-upstream thanks On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 at 12:51, Witold Baryluk <witold.bary...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Package: manpages-dev > Version: 5.02-1 > Severity: normal > > Example: > > AT_PLATFORM > A pointer to a string that identifies the hardware platform > that the program is run‐ > ning on. The dynamic linker uses this in the interpretation of > rpath values. > > > does tell it is a pointer. > > It is important as the signature is generic: > > unsigned long getauxval(unsigned long type); > > > Do the same for: > > > AT_BASE_PLATFORM > A string identifying the real platform; may differ from > AT_PLATFORM (PowerPC only). > > AT_EXECFN > Pathname used to execute program.
Upstream maintainer here. I've applied a patch similar to what you suggest. Thanks for the report. Cheers, Michael diff --git a/man3/getauxval.3 b/man3/getauxval.3 index f7b23085a..456371c6a 100644 --- a/man3/getauxval.3 +++ b/man3/getauxval.3 @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ values are present on all architectures. The base address of the program interpreter (usually, the dynamic linker). .TP .BR AT_BASE_PLATFORM -A string identifying the real platform; may differ from +A pointer to a string identifying the real platform; may differ from .BR AT_PLATFORM (PowerPC only). .TP @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ The effective user ID of the thread. File descriptor of program. .TP .BR AT_EXECFN -Pathname used to execute program. +A pointer to a string containing the pathname used to execute the program. .TP .BR AT_FLAGS Flags (unused).
