Subject: lib/4154: ualarm.3 man page contains errors
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: maximum entropy <entropy@tardis.bernstein.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/25/1997 18:20:32
>Number: 4154
>Category: lib
>Synopsis: ualarm.3 man page contains errors
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: lib-bug-people (Library Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Sep 25 15:35:03 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: maximum entropy
>Organization:
>Release: <NetBSD-current source date>19970924
>Environment:
System: NetBSD tardis.bernstein.com 1.2G NetBSD 1.2G (C466DE) #0: Wed Sep 24 08:31:32 EDT 1997 entropy@tardis.bernstein.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/C466DE i386
>Description:
The ualarm.3 man page contains two errors.
- it refers to a parameter as "value" which is called "microseconds"
everywhere else in the document
- it refers to itself as "alarm" instead of "ualarm"
>How-To-Repeat:
man 3 ualarm
>Fix:
--- /usr/src/lib/libc/gen/ualarm.3-orig Fri Jan 17 07:12:10 1997
+++ /usr/src/lib/libc/gen/ualarm.3 Thu Sep 25 18:12:40 1997
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@
to the process every
.Fa interval
microseconds after the timer expires (e.g. after
-.Fa value
+.Fa microseconds
microseconds have passed).
.Sh RETURN VALUES
When the signal has successfully been caught,
-.Fn alarm
+.Fn ualarm
returns the amount of time left on the clock.
The maximum number of
.Ar microseconds
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: