From The Linux Foundation

[edit] LSB-Core 3.1 RC1 Release Notes

This is the bug dependency tree:

• 352 -data definitions sections are confusing.
• 363 -SUID Installer -- should or shall?.
• 403 -Additional Behaviors section needs something for EDEADLK tests and a few others.
• 726 -multiversion support for LSB commands.
• 863 -su specification about PATH is not clear and not followed by distributors.
• 865 -ISO Comment: __libc_start_main does not say what it does not appear to be properly documented..
• 867 -__cxa_atexit does not specify the order in which functions get called.
• 868 -stylesheet needs to put all TOC at the front of a bookset, not scattered through it.
• [-] 875 -AMD64 ELF document is empty!.
• 581 -Empty sections.
• 877 -Style: replaceable element in text format, lsb-core-arch.
• 878 -package noarch advice: "should" rather than "must".
• 894 -cron job specification is not tight enough.
• 896 -Script Naming conventions are inadequate.
• 900 -ISO confusion amongst LSB modules.
• 901 -Relationship to POSIX.
• 902 -ISO ballot procedure and style issues.
• 906 -Revision plans.
• 907 -ISO Version.
• 908 -Relationship to POSIX.
• 910 -Document style issues.
• 911 -Relationship to POSIX.
• 912 -ELF Introduction.
• 913 -FDL Intro.
• 914 -Packaging Intro.
• 915 -LSB Intro.
• 916 -Relationship to POSIX.
• 917 -Document style issues.
• 918 -Conformance Requirements.
• 919 -Definitions.
• 920 -FDL status.
• 921 -Locale additions.
• 922 -Document style issues.
• 923 -Document style issues.
• 924 -Document style issues.
• 925 -Document style issues.
• 926 -Stability.
• 927 -Document naming conventions.
• 928 -Future Directions.
• 929 -Depreacted interfaces.
• 930 -libc_start_main.
• 931 -eh_frame.
• 932 -Relationship to POSIX.
• 935 -Revision process.
• 936 -AMD64 should be replaced with x86-64.
• 937 -Maintenance plan.
• 938 -LSB Implementation Conformance.
• 939 -Backwards Compatibility.
• 940 -Locales.
• 941 -Missing Dynlnk types info.
• 942 -Empty Sections.
• 943 -Document style issues.
• 944 -curses.h blank lines in PPC32.
• 945 -typo -- PRocess should be Process.
• 946 -Definition of C Library.
• 947 -"does not" is not standardese.
• 948 -Intel IA 32 document titles.
• 949 -Language isue -- what does "be responsible" mean..
• 950 -libgcc_s generic wording deceptive.
• 953 -S390 book has PPC32 reference.
• 954 -source standard stuff need only be a note.
• 955 -What is __errno_location?.
• 956 -Various typographical errors.
• 957 -pam_open_session is a mess.
• 958 -more command -- do you mean /!??.
• 959 -dmesg -- what does 2.1.113 mean?.
• 960 -initactions - advice to users is a "shall".
• 968 -Naming rules are specified twice.
• 983 -Attempting to use unsupported instructions.
• 994 -Structure of call frame information.
• 1007 -init-functions - what does "print a ... message" mean?.
• 1014 -mklibspec column order.
• 1015 -Uses date in reference to ISO-C.
• 1017 -What does "listed above" mean?.
• 1018 -both __stpcpy and stpcpy are specified.
• 1035 -add xrefs for Additional Special Sections.
• 1036 -Does amd64 spec need to talk about medium model?.
• 1043 -Init script log_*_message inadequately specified.
• 1044 -pkgchk reporting errors when checking appbat packages.
• 1054 -Libpam --- what is a "service".
• [-] 1064 -Normative Reference rollup.
• 717 -X11 normative references don't point to specific specs.
• 933 -Normative References.
• 934 -Normative References - DWARF.
• 1013 -reference to LSB in normative references.
• 1071 -CMSG_NXTHDR truncated in socket.h.
• 1072 -enum xprt_stat not declared but used.
• 1075 -off_t should be signed, not unsigned.
• 1079 -libchk (classchk.c) unable to deal properly with "new" PPC64 ABI.
• 1081 -Linux special sections missing from specification.
• 1082 -What is LSDA?.
• 1086 -library section should say version tags are in archLSB.
• 1087 -wording on dynamic linker could be better.
• 1088 -Inconsistent references to arch LSB.
• 1089 -Are headers complete enough?.
• 1099 -DB has wrong header for htonl, htons, ntohl, and ntohs.