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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/socket.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/socket.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a91ebd6 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/socket.texi @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +@node socket +@section @code{socket} +@findex socket + +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/socket.html} + +Gnulib module: socket + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), the descriptors returned by +the @code{socket} function cannot be used in calls to @code{read}, +@code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use @code{recv}, @code{send}, +@code{closesocket} in these cases instead. +@item +On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for @code{socket} +are not placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be +used instead. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +On BeOS, the descriptors returned by the @code{socket} function cannot be used +in calls to @code{read}, @code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use +@code{recv}, @code{send}, @code{closesocket} in these cases instead. +@end itemize |