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authorStephen Compall <s11@member.fsf.org>2012-04-08 14:51:45 +0200
committerAndreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>2012-04-08 14:53:13 +0200
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Better describe open arguments
	[BZ #6649]
	* manual/llio.texi (Opening and Closing Files): Add cross
	reference to explain mode argument.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--NEWS18
-rw-r--r--manual/llio.texi8
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 91e836149c..1d6f69fa6f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-04-08  Stephen Compall  <s11@member.fsf.org>
+
+	[BZ #6649]
+	* manual/llio.texi (Opening and Closing Files): Add cross
+	reference to explain mode argument.
+
 2012-04-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* bits/byteswap.h (__bswap_16): Removed.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 68ed918701..cec1914d73 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ Version 2.16
 
   174, 350, 369, 411, 2541, 2547, 2548, 2551, 2552, 2553, 2554, 2562, 2563,
   2565, 2566, 2576, 2678, 3335, 3866, 3868, 3976, 3992, 4026, 4108, 4596,
-  4822, 5077, 5461, 5805, 5993, 6471, 6486, 6730, 6770, 6884, 6907, 6911,
-  9739, 9902, 10110, 10135, 10140, 10210, 10346, 10545, 10716, 11174, 11322,
-  11365, 11451, 11494, 12047, 12340, 13058, 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528,
-  13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555,
-  13559, 13566, 13583, 13592, 13618, 13637, 13656, 13658, 13673, 13691,
-  13695, 13704, 13706, 13726, 13738, 13760, 13761, 13786, 13792, 13806,
-  13824, 13840, 13841, 13844, 13846, 13851, 13852, 13854, 13871, 13879,
-  13883, 13892, 13895, 13908, 13910, 13911, 13912, 13913, 13915, 13916,
-  13917, 13918, 13919, 13920, 13921, 13926, 13928, 13938
+  4822, 5077, 5461, 5805, 5993, 6471, 6486, 6649, 6730, 6770, 6884, 6907,
+  6911, 9739, 9902, 10110, 10135, 10140, 10210, 10346, 10545, 10716, 11174,
+  11322, 11365, 11451, 11494, 12047, 12340, 13058, 13525, 13526, 13527,
+  13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553,
+  13555, 13559, 13566, 13583, 13592, 13618, 13637, 13656, 13658, 13673,
+  13691, 13695, 13704, 13706, 13726, 13738, 13760, 13761, 13786, 13792,
+  13806, 13824, 13840, 13841, 13844, 13846, 13851, 13852, 13854, 13871,
+  13879, 13883, 13892, 13895, 13908, 13910, 13911, 13912, 13913, 13915,
+  13916, 13917, 13918, 13919, 13920, 13921, 13926, 13928, 13938
 
 * ISO C11 support:
 
diff --git a/manual/llio.texi b/manual/llio.texi
index 1da612accb..acafed315e 100644
--- a/manual/llio.texi
+++ b/manual/llio.texi
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ declared in @file{unistd.h}.
 @comment fcntl.h
 @comment POSIX.1
 @deftypefun int open (const char *@var{filename}, int @var{flags}[, mode_t @var{mode}])
-The @code{open} function creates and returns a new file descriptor
-for the file named by @var{filename}.  Initially, the file position
+The @code{open} function creates and returns a new file descriptor for
+the file named by @var{filename}.  Initially, the file position
 indicator for the file is at the beginning of the file.  The argument
-@var{mode} is used only when a file is created, but it doesn't hurt
-to supply the argument in any case.
+@var{mode} (@pxref{Permission Bits}) is used only when a file is
+created, but it doesn't hurt to supply the argument in any case.
 
 The @var{flags} argument controls how the file is to be opened.  This is
 a bit mask; you create the value by the bitwise OR of the appropriate