Subject: lib/2886: openpty(3) manpage mis-claims that openpty(3) returns void
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Rafal Boni <rafal@scofflaw.coordinate.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/22/1996 22:43:32
>Number: 2886
>Category: lib
>Synopsis: openpty man page should say "openpty(3) returns an int"
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: lib-bug-people (Library Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Oct 22 19:50:01 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Rafal Boni
>Organization:
Wazzat?
>Release: 1.2 (and post-1.2 current as of a days or 2 ago)
>Environment:
System: NetBSD scofflaw.coordinate.com 1.2 NetBSD 1.2 (SCOFFLAW) #0: Fri Oct 11 09:41:14 PDT 1996 root@foobar.coordinate.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/SCOFFLAW i386
>Description:
openpty(3) prototype in man page is wrong -- the man page claims
return type is void, in real life return type is int.
>How-To-Repeat:
read openpty manpage 8-)
>Fix:
change void to int in src/lib/libutil/openpty.3
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: