On 26/10/2020 16:16, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >>> May I ask if there is a way to link error_t to the definition, should >>> be in errno.h >> >> I don't quite understand what you are suggesting. Can you elaborate. > > Perhaps the patch below suffices to address what you meant(?). > > Thanks, > > Michael > > ==== > > commit 43891c16edf44b794b0ee794ff3add948a3fb22e (HEAD -> master) > Author: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon Oct 26 17:13:33 2020 +0100 > > argz_add.3, envz_add.3: Point out that 'error_t' is an integer type > > Reported-by: Jonny Grant <jg@xxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> > > diff --git a/man3/argz_add.3 b/man3/argz_add.3 > index 40b6eaa5d..bf80e906b 100644 > --- a/man3/argz_add.3 > +++ b/man3/argz_add.3 > @@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ all null bytes (\(aq\e0\(aq) except the last by > .IR sep . > .SH RETURN VALUE > All argz functions that do memory allocation have a return type of > -.IR error_t , > +.IR error_t > +(an integer type), > and return 0 for success, and > .B ENOMEM > if an allocation error occurs. > diff --git a/man3/envz_add.3 b/man3/envz_add.3 > index c360c9604..d4ed0a8be 100644 > --- a/man3/envz_add.3 > +++ b/man3/envz_add.3 > @@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ if there was one. > removes all entries with value NULL. > .SH RETURN VALUE > All envz functions that do memory allocation have a return type of > -.IR error_t , > +.IR error_t > +(an integer type), > and return 0 for success, and > .B ENOMEM > if an allocation error occurs. > > That's all good thank you for making the update. I had thought errno_t came from errno.h, but it doesn't, it's only in argp.h and argz.h Jonny
