[PATCH][BZ #14029] Acknowledge that fnmatch can fail.

Ondřej Bílka neleai@seznam.cz
Sun Oct 13 06:22:00 GMT 2013


Hi,

This corrects factual error in manual as fnmatch can fail when there is
not enough memory or when pattern contains illegal sequence.

OK to commit this?

	* manual/pattern.texi: Acknowledge that fnmatch can fail.

diff --git a/manual/pattern.texi b/manual/pattern.texi
index 1966f3f..55f6682 100644
--- a/manual/pattern.texi
+++ b/manual/pattern.texi
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ returns the nonzero value @code{FNM_NOMATCH}.  The arguments
 The argument @var{flags} is a combination of flag bits that alter the
 details of matching.  See below for a list of the defined flags.
 
-In @theglibc{}, @code{fnmatch} cannot experience an ``error''---it
-always returns an answer for whether the match succeeds.  However, other
-implementations of @code{fnmatch} might sometimes report ``errors''.
-They would do so by returning nonzero values that are not equal to
+The @code{fnmatch} might sometimes report ``errors''.
+It do so by returning nonzero values that are not equal to
 @code{FNM_NOMATCH}.
 @end deftypefun
 



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