docs/143472: gethostname(3) references undefined value: HOST_NAME_MAX

Garrett Wollman wollman at csail.mit.edu
Sat Feb 12 22:45:40 UTC 2011


brucec at freebsd.org wrote:

>Standards PR. The specification is slightly confusing between
>gethostname
>and limits.h but ultimately clear that HOST_NAME_MAX can be ommitted
>and
>and that sysconf should be used. 

The Standard uses special typography to indicate these parameters; we should, too.

_GAWollman





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