News [Phoronix] It Took 6+ Years For Linux's "New" Mount API To Be Properly Documented In Man Pages

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In demonstrating one of the gaps of man pages in modern times and likely having hindered the adoption of the Linux kernel's new mount API, it took more than six years for those system calls to be properly documented within man pages. The Linux "new" mount API was introduced back in mid-2019 with Linux 5.2 and since supported by key file-systems after several years but not until weeks ago was this file descriptor based mount API scoped out within man pages...

Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-Mount-API-Man-Pages

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