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MISSING(G)          Linux Programmer's Manual          MISSING(G)



NAME
       missing - missing manual pages

DESCRIPTION
       This  manual  page  intends to document which manual pages
       are missing in various sections.  Bug reports against  the
       package  manpages-dev  or  manpages were opened for all of
       them through the Debian Bug Tracking System  (BTS).   Some
       of  these  bug  reports  were reported upstream while some
       weren't.  Upstream, however, is not able to  create  arbi-
       trary  manpages  without  additional information and addi-
       tional spare time.  Hence, it's completely useless to sim-
       ply report them upstream.

       Manpages  represent  an  important  means of documentation
       which can easily be read and converted into  various  for-
       mats.   They are very helpful for cheking how things work,
       rather than for a tutorial.  If you notice that more pages
       are missing, please try to find additional information and
       report it as wishlist bug against this package.

       If you are confident with the issue,  please  write  up  a
       preliminary  manpage  and attach it to the bug report.  It
       doesn't matter if your english is bad or if you  mixed  up
       markup, as long as the content can be used as source for a
       new manpage.  A detailed documentation  on  how  to  write
       manpages is available in man(n).

       When writing manual pages please ensure that they are con-
       forming with The Single UNIX  Specification  (see  below).
       Linux  ought to be conforming to this specification.  Dif-
       ferences need to be documented,  in  additional  sections,
       though.

MISSING PAGES
       The following is a list of missing pages sorted by section
       and bug number.  If you can contribute content or  even  a
       manual  page,  please send a mail to nnnnn@bugs.debian.org
       where nnnnn refers to the bug number from below.

   Section 3 - Library calls
       Bug#17872
              modfl(l) - integer division float through long  (?)
              fmodl(l)  - integer division float through long (?)
              modff(f) - integer division float through float (?)

       Bug#31583
              hsearch_r(r) - hash table management
              hcreate_r(r) - hash table management
              hdestroy_r(r) - hash table management

       Bug#43210
              getspnam(m) - get password file entry

       Bug#59922
              gethostbyname_r(r) - get network host entry

       Bug#92015
              timegm(m) - transform binary date and time to ascii

       Bug#101722
              syscall(l) - issue a system call

       Bug#110864
              mkdtemp(p) - safely create a temporary directory

       Bug#112415
              ether_ntoa(a) - convert 48 bit ethernet address  to
              ascii
              ether_ntoa_r(r)  -  convert 48 bit ethernet address
              to ascii ether_aton(n) - convert ascii string to 48
              bit ethernet address
              ether_aton_r(r)  -  convert  ascii string to 48 bit
              ethernet address
              ether_ntohost(t) - map 48 bit ethernet number  addr
              to hostname
              ether_hostton(n)  - map hostname to 48 bit ethernet
              address
              ether_line(e) - scan line and set addr and hostname
              Bug#123999 obstack_alloc(c) - allocate memory
              obstack_free(e) - free formerly allocated memory
              obstack_copy(y) - allocate block with content
              obstack_copy0(0)  -  allocate  block  with content,
              zero terminated
              obstack_blank(k) - increase object size
              obstack_grow(w) - increase object size with content
              obstack_grow0(0)  -  increase object size with con-
              tent, zero term.
              obstack_1grow(w) - increase object size by 1  char-
              acter
              obstack_ptr_grow(w) - increase object size by value
              of pointer
              obstack_int_grow(w)  -  increase  object  size   by
              sizeof(f)
              obstack_finish(h)  -  finish  growing of an obstack
              object
              obstack_object_size(e) -  return  the  size  of  an
              obstack object
              obstack_room(m) - available room in current chunk
              obstack_1grow_fast(t)  -  fast increase object size
              by 1 character
              obstack_ptr_grow_fast(t) - fast increase object  by
              pointer value
              obstack_int_grow_fast(t)  -  fast  increase  object
              size by sizeof(f)
              obstack_blank_fast(t) - fast increase object size
              obstack_base(e)  -  return  tentative  address   of
              beginning
              obstack_next_free(e)  - return address of the first
              free byte
              obstack_object_size(e) - return size  of  currently
              growing object
              obstack_alignment_mask(k) - alter mask assignment
              obstack_chunk_size(e)  - return chunk size of given
              obstack
              obstack_init(t) - initialize use of an obstack

       Bug#124060
              grantpt(t) - chown the slave to the calling user
              unlockpt(t)  -  release  an  internal  lock   after
              grantpt
              ptsname(e) - pathname of the pseudo terminal slave

       Bug#126190
              fegetround(d), fesetround(d) - fpu rounding modes
              fegetenv(v),  fesetenv(v) - floating point environ-
              ment
              feupdateenv(v) - floating point environment
              feholdexcept(t) - floating point environment
              feclearexcept(t) - fpu exception handling
              fegetexceptflag(g) - fpu exception handling
              feraiseexcept(t) - fpu exception handling
              fesetexceptflag(g) - fpu exception handling
              fetestexcept(t) - fpu exception handling

       Bug#126534
              signal(l), sigset(t), sighold(d), - signal  manage-
              ment
              sigrelse(e),  sigignore(e),  sigpause(e)  -  signal
              management

       Bug#136214
              clock_gettime(e),  clock_settime(e)  -  clock   and
              timer functions
              clock_getres(s) - obtain the clock resolution

   Section 9 - Kernel routines
       Mandrake  seems  to deliver section 9 manual pages, though
       their source is obscure and they do seem to be  out-dated.
       Nevertheless,  some  section  9  manpages  would  be nice,
       indeed.  See Debian Bug#102724.

SEE ALSO
       undocumented(d), undocumented(d), man(n).
       Debian Bug Tracking System at <http://bugs.debian.org/man-
       pages-dev>,  the Single UNIXR Specification, Version 2, at
       <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/>, the Single
       UNIX  Specification,  Version  3, at <http://www.UNIX-sys-
       tems.org/version3/>.



Debian GNU/Linux       December 14th, 2001             MISSING(G)