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authoremaste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>2012-07-27 21:38:14 +0000
committeremaste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>2012-07-27 21:38:14 +0000
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Correct BUGS description of static buffer use
Since r142667 strerror has unconditionally returned a pointer to a static buffer. MFC after: 1 week
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/string/strerror.36
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strerror.3 b/lib/libc/string/strerror.3
index 5961a84..cc25602 100644
--- a/lib/libc/string/strerror.3
+++ b/lib/libc/string/strerror.3
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@ function was implemented in
by
.An Wes Peters Aq wes@FreeBSD.org .
.Sh BUGS
-For unknown error numbers, the
+The
.Fn strerror
-function will return its result in a static buffer which
-may be overwritten by subsequent calls.
+function returns its result in a static buffer which
+will be overwritten by subsequent calls.
.Pp
The return type for
.Fn strerror
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