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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/select.2 | 6 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/select.2 b/lib/libc/sys/select.2 index 70d679b..44b14a3 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/select.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/select.2 @@ -186,10 +186,8 @@ reasons, .Fn select will always examine the first 256 descriptors. .Sh BUGS -.Fn select -should probably return the time remaining from the original timeout, -if any, by modifying the time value in place. -This may be implemented in future versions of the system. +The Single Unix Specification allows systems to modify the original +timeout in place. Thus, it is unwise to assume that the timeout value will be unmodified by the .Fn select |
