Hello Seonghun, 2011/8/31 Seonghun Lim <wariua@xxxxxxxxx>: > 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. Thanks. Applied for 3.33. Cheers, Michael > 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 () > > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/ -- 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
