Subject: lib/5141: brk(2) man page incorrectly states brk()'s return value
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <wennmach@geo.Uni-Koeln.DE>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/10/1998 11:12:06
>Number: 5141
>Category: lib
>Synopsis: man brk
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: lib-bug-people (Library Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 10 02:50:01 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Dr. Lex Wennmacher
>Organization:
Institute of Geophysics
University of Cologne
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>Release: <NetBSD-current source date> NetBSD-1.3
>Environment:
System: NetBSD hal 1.3 NetBSD 1.3 (HAL) #1: Sat Jan 24 20:17:18 MET 1998 wennmach@hal:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/HAL i386
>Description:
The brk(2) manual page incorrectly states that "Brk returns a pointer to the
new end of memory if successful". Instead, (char *) NULL is returned on
success.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: