Re: [PATCH] getline.3: wfix.

[Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi enh,

On 7/29/22 22:22, enh wrote:
> Clarify in the RETURN VALUE section that it's necessary to free the
> buffer, since at least one person missed this up at the start of the
> DESCRIPTION.
>
> Signed-off-by: Elliott Hughes <enh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   man3/getline.3 | 4 ++++
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/man3/getline.3 b/man3/getline.3
> index 8b7357825..bad30956c 100644
> --- a/man3/getline.3
> +++ b/man3/getline.3
> @@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ condition).
>   In the event of a failure,
>   .I errno
>   is set to indicate the error.

.PP

Since the added text has nothing to do with the previous, let's separate 
them into separate paragraphs.

> +If
> +.I "*lineptr"

As Branden said, please remove the unnecessary quotes.

> +was set to NULL before the call, then the buffer should be freed by the
> +user program even on failure.
>   .SH ERRORS
>   .TP
>   .B EINVAL

Cheers,

Alex

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