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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/read.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/read.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ab625f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/read.texi @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +@node read +@section @code{read} +@findex read + +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/read.html} + +Gnulib module: stdio, nonblocking + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{stdio}, together with module @code{nonblocking}: +@itemize +@item +This function crashes when invoked with invalid arguments on some platforms: +MSVC 9. +@item +When reading from a non-blocking pipe whose buffer is empty, this function +fails with @code{errno} being set to @code{EINVAL} instead of @code{EAGAIN} on +some platforms: +mingw, MSVC 9. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function may fail with error @code{EINTR}, even in programs that don't +install any signal handlers, on some platforms: +MacOS X 10.5. +@end itemize + +For handling @code{EINTR}, Gnulib provides a module @samp{safe-read} with a +function @code{safe_read}. |