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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/inet_ntoa.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/inet_ntoa.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e5026e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/inet_ntoa.texi @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +@node inet_ntoa +@section @code{inet_ntoa} +@findex inet_ntoa + +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/inet_ntoa.html} + +Gnulib module: --- + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function is missing on some platforms: +mingw, MSVC 9. +@item +The @code{inet_ntoa} function need not be reentrant, and consequently +is not required to be thread safe. Implementations of +@code{inet_ntoa} typically write the time stamp into static buffer. +If two threads call @code{inet_ntoa} at roughly the same time, you +might end up with the wrong date in one of the threads, or some +undefined string. +@end itemize + +Note: @code{inet_ntoa} is specific for @acronym{IPv4} addresses. +A protocol independent function is @code{inet_ntop}. |