* [PATCH] wait.2: Add paragraph break before errno note in RETURN VALUE section.
@ 2014-09-24 15:55 Carlos O'Donell
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From: Carlos O'Donell @ 2014-09-24 15:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Michael Kerrisk
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.
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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* Re: [PATCH] wait.2: Add paragraph break before errno note in RETURN VALUE section.
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@ 2014-09-25 10:20 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) @ 2014-09-25 10:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Carlos O'Donell,
linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w
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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