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execute: make setup_pam() return -errno when possible
[elogind.git] / man / sd_notify.xml
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@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
                 processes.</para>
 
                 <para>The <parameter>state</parameter> parameter
-                should contain an newline-seperated list of variable
+                should contain an newline-separated list of variable
                 assignments, similar in style to an environment
                 block. A trailing newline is implied if none is
                 specified. The string may contain any kind of variable
                 for details.</para>
 
                 <para><function>sd_notifyf()</function> is similar to
-                <function>sd_notifyf()</function> but takes a
+                <function>sd_notify()</function> but takes a
                 <function>printf()</function>-like format string plus
                 arguments.</para>
         </refsect1>
                 datagram is accompanied by the process credentials of
                 the sending daemon, using SCM_CREDENTIALS.</para>
 
-                <para>For details about the algorithm check the
+                <para>For details about the algorithms check the
                 liberally licensed reference implementation sources:
                 <ulink url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/tree/src/sd-daemon.c"/>
                 resp. <ulink
 
                 <para><function>sd_notify()</function> and
                 <function>sd_notifyf()</function> are implemented in
-                the reference implementation's drop-in
+                the reference implementation's
                 <filename>sd-daemon.c</filename> and
-                <filename>sd-daemon.h</filename> files. It is
-                recommended that applications consuming these APIs
-                copy the implementation into their source tree. For
+                <filename>sd-daemon.h</filename> files. These
+                interfaces are available as shared library, which can
+                be compiled and linked to with the
+                <literal>libsystemd-daemon</literal>
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                file. Alternatively, applications consuming these APIs
+                may copy the implementation into their source tree. For
                 more details about the reference implementation see
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 
-                <para>If -DDISABLE_SYSTEMD is set during compilation
-                this function will always return 0 and otherwise
-                become a NOP.</para>
+                <para>If the reference implementation is used as
+                drop-in files and -DDISABLE_SYSTEMD is set during
+                compilation these functions will always return 0 and
+                otherwise become a NOP.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>