Re: [PATCH] wait.2: Add paragraph break before errno note in RETURN VALUE section.

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 09/24/2014 05:55 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> The text "Each of these calls sets errno to an appropriate
> value in the case of an error." is not only for waitid.
> 
> This patch adds a paragraph break to move the errno note
> to a new paragraph where it makes sense, as it applies to
> all the wait* functions.
> 
> Tested against upstream master.

Thanks, Carlos. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael



> diff --git a/man2/wait.2 b/man2/wait.2
> index 224055f..4d5fc77 100644
> --- a/man2/wait.2
> +++ b/man2/wait.2
> @@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ on error, \-1 is returned.
>  .\" returns the PID of the child.  Either this is a bug, or it is intended
>  .\" behavior that needs to be documented.  See my Jan 2009 LKML mail
>  .\" "waitid() return value strangeness when infop is NULL".
> +.PP
>  Each of these calls sets
>  .I errno
>  to an appropriate value in the case of an error.
> ---
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlos.
> 


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