* [PATCH] getaddrinfo.3: wfix
@ 2021-08-25 15:51 Alejandro Colomar
2021-08-26 23:06 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Alejandro Colomar @ 2021-08-25 15:51 UTC (permalink / raw
To: mtk.manpages; +Cc: Alejandro Colomar, linux-man, Cristian Morales Vega
The previous wording wan't very explicit, leaving room for
believing that errno may be 0 after returning EAI_SYSTEM.
Use a wording similar to other pages, for added consistency.
Reported-by: Cristian Morales Vega <christian.morales.vega@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
---
man3/getaddrinfo.3 | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man3/getaddrinfo.3 b/man3/getaddrinfo.3
index 35071b733..1e13e3ef2 100644
--- a/man3/getaddrinfo.3
+++ b/man3/getaddrinfo.3
@@ -583,9 +583,9 @@ and
respectively).
.TP
.B EAI_SYSTEM
-Other system error, check
+Other system error;
.I errno
-for details.
+is set to indicate the error.
.PP
The
.BR gai_strerror ()
--
2.33.0
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* Re: [PATCH] getaddrinfo.3: wfix
2021-08-25 15:51 [PATCH] getaddrinfo.3: wfix Alejandro Colomar
@ 2021-08-26 23:06 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) @ 2021-08-26 23:06 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Alejandro Colomar; +Cc: mtk.manpages, linux-man, Cristian Morales Vega
Hello Alex, Christian,
On 8/25/21 5:51 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> The previous wording wan't very explicit, leaving room for
> believing that errno may be 0 after returning EAI_SYSTEM.
>
> Use a wording similar to other pages, for added consistency.
>
> Reported-by: Cristian Morales Vega <christian.morales.vega@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Thanks. Patch applied.
Cheers,
Michael
> ---
> man3/getaddrinfo.3 | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man3/getaddrinfo.3 b/man3/getaddrinfo.3
> index 35071b733..1e13e3ef2 100644
> --- a/man3/getaddrinfo.3
> +++ b/man3/getaddrinfo.3
> @@ -583,9 +583,9 @@ and
> respectively).
> .TP
> .B EAI_SYSTEM
> -Other system error, check
> +Other system error;
> .I errno
> -for details.
> +is set to indicate the error.
> .PP
> The
> .BR gai_strerror ()
>
--
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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