On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:06 AM, Mark H Weaver <mhw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The prototypes for scalbf and scalbl given in scalb.3 are incorrect. > If you have doubts, try compiling the following code: > > #include <math.h> > double scalb(double x, double exp); > float scalbf(float x, double exp); > long double scalbl(long double x, double exp); > > To gain confidence that the prototypes below are correct, compile the > following: > > #include <math.h> > double scalb(double x, double exp); > float scalbf(float x, float exp); > long double scalbl(long double x, long double exp); > > Or search for man pages from other sources, e.g.: > > http://www.unix.com/man-page/OpenSolaris/3m/scalbf/ > http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26505_01/html/816-5172/scalb-3m.html > > The patch below fixes these mistakes. Thanks Mark. Applied. Cheers, Michael > diff --git a/man3/scalb.3 b/man3/scalb.3 > index 990c0bf..a5b2e5b 100644 > --- a/man3/scalb.3 > +++ b/man3/scalb.3 > @@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ by integral power of radix (OBSOLETE) > .sp > .BI "double scalb(double " x ", double " exp ); > .br > -.BI "float scalbf(float " x ", double " exp ); > +.BI "float scalbf(float " x ", float " exp ); > .br > -.BI "long double scalbl(long double " x ", double " exp ); > +.BI "long double scalbl(long double " x ", long double " exp ); > .sp > Link with \fI\-lm\fP. > .sp -- 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
