Module Name: src
Committed By: dholland
Date: Sat Apr 4 21:29:54 UTC 2020
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/string: strerror.3
Log Message:
Move the note about sys_errlist[] users to COMPATIBILITY, and strengthen it.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.23 -r1.24 src/lib/libc/string/strerror.3
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/string/strerror.3
diff -u src/lib/libc/string/strerror.3:1.23 src/lib/libc/string/strerror.3:1.24
--- src/lib/libc/string/strerror.3:1.23 Sat Apr 4 21:26:44 2020
+++ src/lib/libc/string/strerror.3 Sat Apr 4 21:29:54 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: strerror.3,v 1.23 2020/04/04 21:26:44 dholland Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: strerror.3,v 1.24 2020/04/04 21:29:54 dholland Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -209,6 +209,13 @@ The use of these variables is deprecated
one of the
.Fn strerror
family of functions should be used instead.
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+Programs that attempt to use the deprecated
+.Va sys_errlist
+variable often fail to compile because they provide their own,
+inconsistent, declaration of it.
+Such programs should be updated to use
+.Fn strerror .
.Sh ERRORS
These functions may fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
@@ -280,8 +287,3 @@ and
.Fn strerror_l
use the same thread local storage; a call to either will destroy
the result from an earlier call by the same thread of either of them.
-.Pp
-Programs that use the deprecated
-.Va sys_errlist
-variable often fail to compile because they declare it
-inconsistently.
