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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/sleep.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/sleep.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..535bf66 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/sleep.texi @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +@node sleep +@section @code{sleep} +@findex sleep + +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/sleep.html} + +Gnulib module: sleep + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function is missing on some platforms: +mingw (2005 or newer), MSVC 9. +@item +This function takes milliseconds as argument and returns @code{void} on some +platforms: +mingw (2005 and older). +@item +This function cannot sleep longer than 49.7 days on some platforms: +Cygwin 1.5.x. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +According to POSIX, the @code{sleep} function may interfere with the program's +use of the @code{SIGALRM} signal. On Linux, it doesn't; on other platforms, +it may. +@end itemize |