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-rw-r--r--doc/posix-headers/netdb.texi4
-rw-r--r--doc/posix-headers/sys_socket.texi3
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 01544bc9b6..da95af4f13 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-03-19 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+ sys_socket, netdb: Document problem with socklen_t.
+ * doc/posix-headers/sys_socket.texi: Mention lack of socklen_t on some
+ platforms.
+ * doc/posix-headers/netdb.texi: Likewise.
+
2011-03-18 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
maint.mk: let po check work in VPATH build
diff --git a/doc/posix-headers/netdb.texi b/doc/posix-headers/netdb.texi
index dd152bef37..c53dcfb69d 100644
--- a/doc/posix-headers/netdb.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-headers/netdb.texi
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ This header file is incomplete on some platforms:
Cygwin 1.5.x, Haiku.
@item
+This header file does not define the type @code{socklen_t} on some platforms:
+HP-UX 10.20, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 4.0, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
+
+@item
This header file does not define @code{AI_ALL}, @code{AI_V4MAPPED},
@code{AI_ADDRCONFIG} on some platforms:
NetBSD 5.0.
diff --git a/doc/posix-headers/sys_socket.texi b/doc/posix-headers/sys_socket.texi
index dc975b611f..c8e42280f1 100644
--- a/doc/posix-headers/sys_socket.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-headers/sys_socket.texi
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ mingw.
This header file is not self-contained on some platforms: it requires
@code{<sys/types.h>} to be included first.
@item
+This header file does not define the type @code{socklen_t} on some platforms:
+HP-UX 10.20, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 4.0, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
+@item
This header file is lacking the @code{SHUT_RD}, @code{SHUT_WR},
@code{SHUT_RDWR} macros on some platforms, despite having the @code{shutdown}
functions: