The elements of the array sys_errlist are also const. Also, it is probably not desirable to pretend that errno.h defines errno in the traditional way (errno(3) correctly contains an explicit warning against this). I don't know what the best solution is, though. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man3/perror.3 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man3/perror.3 b/man3/perror.3 index 57580a9..34f3ec5 100644 --- a/man3/perror.3 +++ b/man3/perror.3 @@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ perror \- print a system error message .sp .B #include <errno.h> .sp -.BI "const char *" sys_errlist []; +.BI "const char * const " sys_errlist []; .br .BI "int " sys_nerr ; .br -.BI "int " errno ; +.BI "int " errno "; /* Not really declared this way; see errno(3). */" .sp .in -4n Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see -- 1.9.2 -- 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
