Hash :
b34e3963
Author :
Date :
2010-12-22T17:09:26
ttyname_r: Work around bug on OSF/1 5.1. * doc/posix-functions/ttyname_r.texi: Mention the OSF/1 bug. * m4/ttyname_r.m4 (gl_FUNC_TTYNAME_R): Detect the OSF/1 bug. Say "no" instead of "guessing no" when the OSF/1 bug or the Solaris bug is present. * lib/ttyname_r.c (ttyname_r): Update comments.
@node ttyname_r
@section @code{ttyname_r}
@findex ttyname_r
POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/ttyname_r.html}
Gnulib module: ttyname_r
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
NetBSD 3.0, mingw, BeOS.
@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:
MacOS X 10.4, Solaris 11 2010-11 (when @code{_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS} is not defined).
@item
This function ignores the size argument, thus overwriting memory after the
buffer, on some platforms:
OSF/1 5.1.
@item
This function refuses to do anything when the output buffer is less than 128
bytes large, on some platforms:
Solaris 11 2010-11.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize