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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/ptsname.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/ptsname.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2584af8 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/ptsname.texi @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +@node ptsname +@section @code{ptsname} +@findex ptsname + +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/ptsname.html} + +Gnulib module: ptsname + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function is missing on some platforms: +MacOS X 10.3, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, mingw, MSVC 9, BeOS. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function is not declared on some platforms: +IRIX 5.3. +@item +On Solaris 11 2010-11, this function fails on all BSD-style @file{/dev/pty*} +device files. +@item +This function is not thread-safe on some platforms: +Cygwin 1.7.9. +Likewise, the gnulib replacement is not thread-safe. +@end itemize + +Note that the Gnulib module @code{ptsname_r} is a version of this +function that is more likely to be thread-safe. |