CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: [email protected] 2026/04/13 10:01:54
Modified files:
lib/libc/time : ctime.3
Log message:
Document RETURN value for timegm(3)
APIs with in-band errors that conflate the error with a legitimate return
value are about the worst you can get. Near and dear to my heart is the API
aptly described as "gibbering eidritch horror" by beck: ASN1_INTEGER_get(3).
Adapt the wording of its RETURN VALUES to timegm() and mktime(), for which
Dec 31, 1969 at 23:59:59 will yield the error return -1 and thereby errata.
Missing docs pointed out by claudio a while back and yesterday by deraadt
ok deraadt millert
