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@ -406,6 +406,14 @@ now has \member{st_gen} and \member{st_birthtime}.
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The \member{st_flags} member is also available, if the platform supports it.
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% XXX patch 1180695, 1212117
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\item The \module{socket} module now supports \constant{AF_NETLINK}
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sockets on Linux, thanks to a patch from Philippe Biondi.
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Netlink sockets are a Linux-specific mechanism for communications
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between a user-space process and kernel code; an introductory
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article about them is at \url{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7356}.
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In Python code, netlink addresses are represented as a tuple of 2 integers,
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\code{(\var{pid}, \var{group_mask})}.
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\item New module: \module{spwd} provides functions for accessing the
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shadow password database on systems that support it.
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% XXX give example
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