On 10/17/2014 09:26 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Hello Haitao, > > I was comparing some of the MT-Safety markings in man-pages versus the glibc > manual (https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_mono/libc.html) > I found four cases that seem to contradict. Are there errors in either > the man pages or in the glibc manual? > > == > ctermid.3 MT-Unsafe race:ctermid/!s > glibc: MT-Safe > > man-pages and glibc manual disagree (man-pages seems to be more > precise than glibc). > > == > getcwd.3 MT-Safe env > glibc: MT-Safe > > man-pages and glibc manual disagree on "env" (man-pages seems > to be more precise than glibc). > In getcwd.3 man-page: getcwd() and getwd() are "MT-Safe" get_current_dir_name() is "MT-Safe env" URL: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.man/6580 The annotations are equal to glibc manual:) > == > getlogin.3 MT-Unsafe race:cuserid/!string locale > glibc: MT-Unsafe race:getlogin race:utent sig:ALRM timer locale > > man-pages and glibc manual disagree on "race:cuserid/!string" versus > "race:getlogin" > In getlogin.3 man-page: getlogin() is "MT-Unsafe locale" getlogin_r() is "MT-Safe locale" cuserid() is "MT-Unsafe race:cuserid/!string locale" In glibc manual: getlogin() is "MT-Unsafe race:getlogin race:utent sig:ALRM timer locale" getlogin_r() is nonexistent cuserid() is "MT-Safe locale" glibc manual is more precise than man-page of getlogin(). The difference of cuserid() is similar to ctermid(). > == > regex.3 MT-Safe env > glibc: MT-Safe locale > In regex.3 man-page: regcomp() and regexec() are "MT-Safe locale" regerror() is "MT-Safe env" regfree() is "MT-Safe" URL: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.man/6609 The annotations are equal to glibc manual:) -- Best Regards, Peng > man-pages and glibc manual disagree on "env" versus "locale" > > == > > Cheers, > > Michael > > -- 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
