On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 04:02:27PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Adrian, Hi Michael, > I think the idea of your patch is good, but I prefer to use a word > other than "deprecated". The problem is that "deprecated" implies a > standards body or a vendor made a formal statement about this. It's > true that LSB 2.1 says that wait3() is deprecated > (http://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_2.1.0/LSB-generic/LSB-generic/baselib-wait3-3.html), > but wait4() is currently still part of LSB. So, I applied a slightly > > modified version of your test: > > [[ > These functions are nonstandard; use > > .BR waitpid (2) > or > .BR waitid (2) > in new programs. > ]] > > Seem okay? the wait3() function is not "nonstandard, since as the URL you gave correctly states it is part of SuSv2 (and also of SuSv1). > Cheers, > > Michael cu Adrian > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > --- > > man2/wait4.2 | 7 ++++++- > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/man2/wait4.2 b/man2/wait4.2 > > index 68e49ad..3548396 100644 > > --- a/man2/wait4.2 > > +++ b/man2/wait4.2 > > @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ > > .\" Rewrote much of this page, and removed much duplicated text, > > .\" replacing with pointers to wait.2 > > .\" > > -.TH WAIT4 2 2010-09-20 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" > > +.TH WAIT4 2 2012-09-18 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" > > .SH NAME > > wait3, wait4 \- wait for process to change state, BSD style > > .SH SYNOPSIS > > @@ -150,10 +150,15 @@ On Linux, > > is a library function implemented on top of the > > .BR wait4 () > > system call. > > + > > +These functions are deprecated (not in POSIX.1-2001), use > > +.BR waitpid (2) > > +in new programs. > > .SH "SEE ALSO" > > .BR fork (2), > > .BR getrusage (2), > > .BR sigaction (2), > > .BR signal (2), > > .BR wait (2), > > +.BR waitpid (2), > > .BR signal (7) > > -- > > 1.7.10.4 -- 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
