Re: [PATCH/RFC] popen.3: change wait4(2) references to wait(2) family

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On Thu,  8 Dec 2022 04:14:42 -0500
Mike Frysinger wrote:

> @@ -106,15 +107,15 @@ calls fail, or if the function cannot allocate memory,
>  NULL is returned.
>  .PP
>  .BR pclose ():
> -on success, returns the exit status of the command; if
> +on success, returns the exit status of the command; if one of the
>  .\" These conditions actually give undefined results, so I commented
>  .\" them out.
>  .\" .I stream
>  .\" is not associated with a "popen()ed" command, if
>  .\".I stream
>  .\" already "pclose()d", or if
> -.BR wait4 (2)
> -returns an error, or some other error is detected,
> +.BR wait (2)
> +family of calls returns an error, or some other error is detected,
>  \-1 is returned.
>  .PP
>  On failure, both functions set

I'll just point out that, if this goes in, putting "one of the" _after_
the comment would prevent rendering it incomprehensible.

Thanks,

  Štěpán




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