From: Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
To: der Mouse <mouse-QYwwddsQ6tkEPrhfXw3Q4tGeqqvjHH9B@public.gmane.org>
Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: lseek(2) BSD buglet
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 05:48:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100814094840.GA6217@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201008111813.OAA03192-23rEAq0nvmRBjDB12xDq2QQ+uF9fDdDi0Z6qq+Mcf0E@public.gmane.org>
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 02:13:35PM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
> lseek(2) (noticed on 3.23, 3.25 has similar wording) says, in part,
>
> SVr1-3 returns long instead of off_t, BSD returns int.
>
> While the BSDs are not a single monolithic entity, NetBSD has returned
> off_t from lseek(2) since 1.5 at the very latest, meaning late 2000.
> I'd be surprised if there's a non-orphaned BSD left that still uses
> int.
>
> I'm not sure what wording would be best. Depends on whether you think
> it's worth mentioning the historical practice from the days when BSD
> deserved the B in its name or not, I'd say. Perhaps something like
I think removing it is fine. Historical SysV and BSD behaviour might have
been interesting in the early 90s, but these days it's something for a
history book and not a manual page.
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2010-08-11 18:13 lseek(2) BSD buglet der Mouse
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2010-08-14 9:48 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
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2010-08-14 14:09 ` der Mouse
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2010-09-11 4:18 ` Michael Kerrisk
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