--- man-pages-2.55/man2/tkill.2.pom 2007-05-26 17:22:28.000000000 +0200 +++ man-pages-2.55/man2/tkill.2 2007-06-11 11:06:12.000000000 +0200 @@ -25,12 +25,10 @@ .\" .TH TKILL 2 2007-06-01 "Linux 2.6.6" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME -tkill, tgkill \- send a signal to a single process +tkill \- send a signal to a single process .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .BI "int tkill(int " tid ", int " sig ); -.sp -.BI "int tgkill(int " tgid ", int " tid ", int " sig ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION The @@ -47,19 +45,6 @@ however, one can address each process by its unique TID. .PP -The -.BR tgkill () -call improves on -.BR tkill () -by allowing the caller to -specify the thread group ID of the thread to be signalled, protecting -against TID reuse. -If the tgid is specified as \-1, -.BR tgkill () -degenerates -into -.BR tkill (). -.PP These are the raw system call interfaces, meant for internal thread library use. .SH "RETURN VALUE" @@ -81,13 +66,9 @@ .SH VERSIONS .BR tkill () is supported since Linux 2.4.19 / 2.5.4. -.BR tgkill () -was added in Linux 2.5.75. .SH "CONFORMING TO" .BR tkill () -and -.BR tgkill () -are Linux specific and should not be used +is Linux specific and should not be used in programs that are intended to be portable. .SH NOTES Glibc does not provide wrapper for these system calls; call them using