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authoreadler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>2012-04-26 12:59:08 +0000
committereadler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>2012-04-26 12:59:08 +0000
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Document the standardization status of err* and warn*
PR: docs/164939 Submitted by: Niclas Zeising <zeising@daemonic.se> Approved by: bcr MFC after: 3 days
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/err.312
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/err.3 b/lib/libc/gen/err.3
index 4871bcc..f9fcdaf 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/err.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/err.3
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" From: @(#)err.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd March 6, 1999
+.Dd March 29, 2012
.Dt ERR 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -212,6 +212,16 @@ if (error != 0)
.Xr printf 3 ,
.Xr strerror 3 ,
.Xr sysexits 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn err
+and
+.Fn warn
+families of functions are BSD extensions.
+As such they should not be used in truly portable code.
+Use
+.Fn strerror
+or similar functions instead.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn err
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