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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/perror.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/perror.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9fa0798 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/perror.texi @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +@node perror +@section @code{perror} +@findex perror + +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/perror.html} + +Gnulib module: perror + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function does not support the error values that are specified by POSIX +but not defined by the system, on some platforms: +OpenBSD 4.0, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 9. +@item +This function treats @code{errno} of 0 like failure, although POSIX +requires that the message declare it as a success, on some platforms: +FreeBSD 8.2, OpenBSD 4.7, MacOS X 10.5. +@item +This function clobbers the @code{strerror} buffer on some platforms: +Cygwin 1.7.9. +@item +This function fails to print a useful a string for out-of-range integers on +some platforms: +HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 8. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +POSIX requires that this function set the stream error bit (detected +by @code{ferror}) on write failure, but not all platforms do this: +glibc 2.13, cygwin 1.7.9. +@item +POSIX requires that this function not alter stream orientation, but +the gnulib replacement locks in byte orientation and fails on wide +character streams. +@end itemize |