[PATCH] crypt.3: Describe additional errno values

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Glibc 2.17 introduced two additional errno values that can be set by
crypt() and crypt_r(), EINVAL and EPERM.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Johansson <andjo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man3/crypt.3 | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man3/crypt.3 b/man3/crypt.3
index c3bad3e..8035d7c 100644
--- a/man3/crypt.3
+++ b/man3/crypt.3
@@ -122,10 +122,17 @@ On success, a pointer to the encrypted password is returned.
 On error, NULL is returned.
 .SH ERRORS
 .TP
+.B EINVAL
+The string used for the salt is not valid for the encryption method.
+.TP
 .B ENOSYS
 The
 .BR crypt ()
 function was not implemented, probably because of U.S.A. export restrictions.
+.TP
+.B EPERM
+The encryption algorithm specified is not allowed by the FIPS
+standard.
 .\" This level of detail is not necessary in this man page. . .
 .\" .PP
 .\" When encrypting a plain text P using DES with the key K results in the
-- 
1.8.4.rc3

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