Error in posix_spawn(3) man page

[Brian Inglis]

On 2022-01-07 02:32, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jan  5 13:39, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 3:47 AM Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>> On Dec 28 19:24, Keith Thompson wrote:
>>>> The posix_spawn(3) man page has incorrect types for the argv and
>>>> envp parameters for the posix_spawn and posix_spawnp functions.
>>>> They're shown as
>>>>      char *const argv, char *const envp
>>>> when they should be
>>>>      char *const argv[], char *const envp[]
>>>> Suggested patch (though I'm not 100% sure how the square brackets
>>>> are handled when generating the man page):

>>> Please send a git compatible patch in `git format-patch' format.

>> As requested. Given the way I copy-and-pasted the patch into my
>> email, it might not have treated tabs correctly.
You should attach it as a text attachment, possibly with an empty body, 
perhaps using a command line mailer like mail (mailutils), email (email 
package), mailx (Heirloom project download), neo/mutt, or X GUIs like 
xdg-email (xdg-utils), evolution, the MUA client from some other 
desktop, or a text friendly Unix compatible Windows GUI like Thunderbird.

> It's not TABs, it's an incorrect patch format:
> $ git am 0001-Fix-documented-argv-and-envp-params-for-posix_spawn.patch
> Applying: Fix documented argv and envp params for posix_spawn
> error: libc/posix/posix_spawn.c: does not exist in index
> Patch failed at 0001 Fix documented argv and envp params for posix_spawn
> hint: Use 'git am --show-current-patch=diff' to see the failed patch
> Did you actually create the patch with `git format-patch'?

Email it with git send-email as the MUA or Gmail may be mangling it!
Set your personal ~/.gitconfig or system global /etc/gitconfig to e.g.

[sendemail]
         aliasesFile = /etc/mail/aliases
         confirm = always
         multiEdit = false
         smtpServer = ...
         suppressFrom = true

with your own preferences and other settings, or use equivalent git 
config --global or --system commands.

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