Re: [BUG] typo in man2/readlink.2

["G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>]

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Hi Dirk,

At 2026-04-15T20:12:59+0200, Dirk Müller wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I noticed that man pages 6.17 release includes this in the Synopsis
> section of man -l man/man2/readlink.2:
> 
>       ssize_t readlink(size_t bufsiz;
>                        const char *restrict path,
>                        char buf[restrict bufsiz], size_t bufsiz);
> 
> I believe this is a typo and it should be:
> 
>       ssize_t readlink(const char *restrict path,
>                        char buf[restrict bufsiz], size_t bufsiz);
> 
> instead.

This is something of a FAQ on this mailing list.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/adupQhfJQ7kws17U@debian/

It's a GCC syntax extension.

https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Variable-Length.html

> Sorry for not including a patch, but I am not sufficiently skilled at
> editing man page sources :-)

Have you seen groff_man_style(7)?

https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/groff_man_style.7.html

</shameless self-plug>

(Unfortunately Michael hasn't updated to groff 1.24.{0,1} yet.)

Regards,
Branden

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