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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/close.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/close.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a1dc703 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/close.texi @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +@node close +@section @code{close} +@findex close + +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/close.html} + +Gnulib module: close + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function crashes when invoked with invalid arguments on some platforms: +MSVC 9. +@item +On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), @code{socket} and @code{accept} +do not return file descriptors that can be closed by @code{close}. +Instead, @code{closesocket} must be used. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +On BeOS, @code{socket} and @code{accept} do not return file descriptors +that can be closed by @code{close}. Instead, @code{closesocket} must be +used. +@end itemize |