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[PATCH v7 1/6] manual: Update to mention ENODEV for ttyname and ttyname_r
- From: Luke Shumaker <lukeshu at lukeshu dot com>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Cc: christian dot brauner at mailbox dot org
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:28:36 -0500
- Subject: [PATCH v7 1/6] manual: Update to mention ENODEV for ttyname and ttyname_r
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- References: <20171113212841.28518-1-lukeshu@lukeshu.com>
From: Luke Shumaker <lukeshu@parabola.nu>
Commit 15e9a4f378c8607c2ae1aa465436af4321db0e23 introduced ENODEV as a
possible error condition for ttyname and ttyname_r. Update the manual
to mention this GNU extension.
v2:
- Fix typo: psuedo->pseudo
- Improve wording
- Fix ChangeLog item name
v3:
- Revise commit message
---
ChangeLog | 5 +++++
manual/terminal.texi | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 32b57bcd06..efae5356d6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-11-07 Luke Shumaker <lukeshu@parabola.nu>
+
+ * manual/terminal.texi (Is It a Terminal):
+ Mention ENODEV for ttyname and ttyname_r.
+
2017-11-12 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
* support/support.h (xstrndup): Declare.
diff --git a/manual/terminal.texi b/manual/terminal.texi
index 4fef5045b8..4aace48b14 100644
--- a/manual/terminal.texi
+++ b/manual/terminal.texi
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ The @var{filedes} is not associated with a terminal.
@item ERANGE
The buffer length @var{len} is too small to store the string to be
returned.
+
+@item ENODEV
+The @var{filedes} is associated with a terminal device that is a slave
+pseudo-terminal, but the file name associated with that device could
+not be determined. This is a GNU extension.
@end table
@end deftypefun
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