* [PATCH v2 2/2] man3/getgrnam: clarify error behavior when entry is not found
2025-11-27 13:22 [PATCH v2 1/2] man3/getgrnam: fix ATTRIBUTES table after adding R-functions Simon Essien
@ 2025-11-27 13:22 ` Simon Essien
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From: Simon Essien @ 2025-11-27 13:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: alex, linux-man; +Cc: Simon Essien
---
man/man3/getgrnam.3 | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man3/getgrnam.3 b/man/man3/getgrnam.3
index 87eaf39d5..1a2143d47 100644
--- a/man/man3/getgrnam.3
+++ b/man/man3/getgrnam.3
@@ -156,12 +156,15 @@ In case of error, an error number is returned, and NULL is stored in
.IR *result .
.SH ERRORS
.TP
-.BR 0 " or " ENOENT " or " ESRCH " or " EBADF " or " EPERM " or ..."
+.BR 0
+No matching group record was found, or no error occurred (POSIX behavior).
+.TP
+.B ENOENT ", " ESRCH ", " EBADF ", " EPERM ", or other values"
The given
.I name
or
.I gid
-was not found.
+was not found. (Some UNIX implementations set errno in this case.)
.TP
.B EINTR
A signal was caught;
--
2.50.1
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* [PATCH v2 1/2] man3/getgrnam: fix ATTRIBUTES table after adding R-functions
@ 2025-11-27 15:25 Simon Essien
2025-11-27 15:25 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] man3/getgrnam: clarify error behavior when entry is not found Simon Essien
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Simon Essien @ 2025-11-27 15:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-man, alx; +Cc: Simon Essien
---
man/man3/getgrnam.3 | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man/man3/getgrnam.3 b/man/man3/getgrnam.3
index 7d6365caa..87eaf39d5 100644
--- a/man/man3/getgrnam.3
+++ b/man/man3/getgrnam.3
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-'\" t
.\" Copyright, the authors of the Linux man-pages project
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
--
2.50.1
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* [PATCH v2 2/2] man3/getgrnam: clarify error behavior when entry is not found
2025-11-27 15:25 [PATCH v2 1/2] man3/getgrnam: fix ATTRIBUTES table after adding R-functions Simon Essien
@ 2025-11-27 15:25 ` Simon Essien
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Simon Essien @ 2025-11-27 15:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-man, alx; +Cc: Simon Essien
---
man/man3/getgrnam.3 | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man3/getgrnam.3 b/man/man3/getgrnam.3
index 87eaf39d5..1a2143d47 100644
--- a/man/man3/getgrnam.3
+++ b/man/man3/getgrnam.3
@@ -156,12 +156,15 @@ In case of error, an error number is returned, and NULL is stored in
.IR *result .
.SH ERRORS
.TP
-.BR 0 " or " ENOENT " or " ESRCH " or " EBADF " or " EPERM " or ..."
+.BR 0
+No matching group record was found, or no error occurred (POSIX behavior).
+.TP
+.B ENOENT ", " ESRCH ", " EBADF ", " EPERM ", or other values"
The given
.I name
or
.I gid
-was not found.
+was not found. (Some UNIX implementations set errno in this case.)
.TP
.B EINTR
A signal was caught;
--
2.50.1
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