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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man5/attributes.5 b/usr/src/man/man5/attributes.5 index fcfe09fd1b..f9c0290fda 100644 --- a/usr/src/man/man5/attributes.5 +++ b/usr/src/man/man5/attributes.5 @@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ attributes, architecture, availability, CSI, stability, MT-Level, standard \- attributes of interfaces .SH DESCRIPTION -.sp .LP The \fBATTRIBUTES\fR section of a manual page contains a table defining attribute types and their corresponding values. The following is an example of @@ -35,13 +34,11 @@ Standard See \fBstandards\fR(5). .TE .SS "Architecture" -.sp .LP Architecture defines processor or specific hardware. See \fB-p\fR option of \fBuname\fR(1). In some cases, it may indicate required adapters or peripherals. .SS "Code Set Independence (CSI)" -.sp .LP \fBOS\fR utilities and libraries free of dependencies on the properties of any code sets are said to have Code Set Independence (CSI). They have the attribute @@ -182,7 +179,6 @@ applied. Statically bound programs will only get support for C and POSIX locales. .RE .SS "Interface Stability" -.sp .LP Sun often provides developers with early access to new technologies, which allows developers to evaluate with them as soon as possible. Unfortunately, new @@ -213,7 +209,6 @@ structures and some symbols in system header files) may be implementation artifacts. Such internal interfaces are not only subject to incompatible change or removal, but we are unlikely to mention such a change in release notes. .SS "Release Levels" -.sp .LP Products are given release levels, as well as names, to aid compatibility discussions. Each release level may also include changes suitable for lower @@ -244,7 +239,6 @@ T} In the context of interface stability, update releases (occasionally referred to as patch releases) should be considered equivalent to Micro Releases. .SS "Classifications" -.sp .LP The following table summarizes how stability level classifications relate to release level. The first column lists the Stability Level. The second column @@ -327,7 +321,7 @@ general expectation should be that Uncommitted interfaces are not likely to change incompatibly and if such changes occur they will be small in impact and may often have a mitigation plan. .sp -Uncommitted interfaces generally fall into one of the following subcategorizes: +Uncommitted interfaces generally fall into one of the following subcategories: .RS +4 .TP 1. @@ -450,7 +444,6 @@ support. Use of an Obsolete interface may produce warning messages. .RE .SS "Exceptions" -.sp .LP There are rare instances when it is in the best interest of both Sun and the customer to break the interface stability commitment. The following list @@ -493,7 +486,6 @@ major" release vehicle possible. However, often the consequences of the vulnerabilities or contractual branding requirements will force delivery in a patch. .SS "Compatibility with Earlier Interface Classification Schemes" -.sp .LP In releases up to and including Solaris 10, a different interface classification scheme was used. The following table summarizes the mapping @@ -530,7 +522,6 @@ interpretation. As part of the migration to the new classification scheme, many formerly Evolving interfaces were upgraded to Committed. However, upon encountering the term Evolving, Uncommitted should be inferred. .SS "MT-Level" -.sp .LP Libraries are classified into categories that define their ability to support multiple threads. Manual pages containing functions that are of multiple or @@ -706,7 +697,6 @@ also, by definition, Deferred-Cancel-Safe. .RE .SS "Standard" -.sp .LP Many interfaces are defined and controlled as industry standards. When this is the case, the controlling body and/or public, versioned document is noted in @@ -728,6 +718,5 @@ very formal organization, as in ISO or ANSII, a less formal, but generally accepted organization such as IETF, or as informal as the sole contributor in the case of FOSS (Free or Open Source Software). .SH SEE ALSO -.sp .LP \fBuname\fR(1), \fBpkgadd\fR(1M), \fBIntro\fR(3), \fBstandards\fR(5) |