[PATCH] exit.3: note wider sysexits.h availability

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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Since the BSD header has been imported to other C libraries (including
glibc), note that here so people know it isn't BSD-specific.

Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Feel free to wordsmith this.

 man3/exit.3 | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man3/exit.3 b/man3/exit.3
index 889d1f560af1..4a30fc39f0f5 100644
--- a/man3/exit.3
+++ b/man3/exit.3
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ is slightly more portable
 like 1 or \-1.
 In particular, VMS uses a different convention.
 .PP
-BSD has attempted to standardize exit codes; see the file
+BSD has attempted to standardize exit codes
+(which some C libraries such as the GNU C library have also adopted);
+see the file
 .IR <sysexits.h> .
 .PP
 After
-- 
2.16.1

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