man-pages version: latest git repository why: In the second paragraph of DESCRIPTION section, one of the sources of error messages is incorrect: the four functions obtain error message only from errno, and "a code" is just relavant with errc() and warnc(), which are not present on Linux. see http://www.unix.com/man-page/freebsd/3/ERR/ . Then, the third paragraph becomes a duplicate. diff --git a/man3/err.3 b/man3/err.3 --- a/man3/err.3 +++ b/man3/err.3 @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ and .BR vwarn () functions append an error message obtained from .BR strerror (3) -based on a code or the global variable +based on the global variable .IR errno , preceded by another colon and space unless the .I fmt @@ -91,16 +91,6 @@ argument is NULL. .PP The -.BR err (), -.BR verr (), -.BR warn (), -and -.BR vwarn () -functions use the global variable -.I errno -to look up the error message. -.PP -The .BR errx () and .BR warnx () -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
