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2017-07-06T01:10:39
doc: Update for MSVC 14. * doc/posix-headers/*.texi: Add info about MSVC 14. * doc/posix-functions/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/pastposix-functions/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/glibc-headers/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/glibc-functions/*.texi: Likewise.
@node ptsname
@section @code{ptsname}
@findex ptsname
POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/ptsname.html}
Gnulib module: ptsname
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
Mac OS X 10.3, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, mingw, MSVC 14, BeOS.
@item
This function fails to set errno on failure on some platforms:
FreeBSD 8.2.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is not declared on some platforms:
IRIX 5.3.
@item
On Solaris 11 2010-11, this function fails on all BSD-style @file{/dev/pty*}
device files.
@item
This function is not thread-safe on some platforms:
Cygwin 1.7.9.
Likewise, the gnulib replacement is not thread-safe.
@end itemize
Note that the Gnulib module @code{ptsname_r} is a version of this
function that is more likely to be thread-safe.