kc3-lang/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/getlogin_r.texi

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  Date : 2011-01-03T02:51:03
  

  getlogin_r: Avoid test failure on HP-UX 11.
  
  * tests/test-getlogin_r.c (main): Allow an error code EINVAL instead of
  ERANGE when the second argument is zero.
  * doc/posix-functions/getlogin_r.texi: Document the HP-UX 11
  portability problem.
  

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• doc/posix-functions/getlogin_r.texi

• @node getlogin_r
  @section @code{getlogin_r}
  @findex getlogin_r
  
  POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/getlogin_r.html}
  
  Gnulib module: getlogin_r
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function is missing on some platforms:
  NetBSD 3.0, mingw.
  @item
  This function is not declared unless @code{_REENTRANT} is defined,
  on some platforms:
  HP-UX 11.
  @item
  This function has an incompatible declaration on some platforms:
  Solaris 11 2010-11 (when @code{_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS} is not defined).
  @item
  This function returns a truncated result, instead of failing with error code
  @code{ERANGE}, when the buffer is not large enough, on some platforms:
  OSF/1 5.1.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function fails even when standard input is a tty on some platforms:
  HP-UX 11.11.
  @item
  This function fails with error code @code{EINVAL} instead of @code{ERANGE} when
  the second argument is zero on some platforms:
  HP-UX 11.31.
  @end itemize
  

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