svn commit: r217704 - head/lib/libc/sys

[Jilles Tjoelker]

Author: jilles
Date: Fri Jan 21 22:15:17 2011
New Revision: 217704
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/217704

Log:
  getgroups(2): Remove mention of <sys/param.h> and refer to sysconf(3).
  
  Because {NGROUPS_MAX} may become variable, its value should be obtained
  using sysconf(3). If a #define is used anyway, it should be obtained by
  including <limits.h> as that is in POSIX like getgroups(2) itself is.
  <sys/param.h> is not in POSIX.
  
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/lib/libc/sys/getgroups.2

Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/getgroups.2
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/sys/getgroups.2	Fri Jan 21 22:00:40 2011	(r217703)
+++ head/lib/libc/sys/getgroups.2	Fri Jan 21 22:15:17 2011	(r217704)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)getgroups.2	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/16/94
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd March 5, 1999
+.Dd January 21, 2011
 .Dt GETGROUPS 2
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 .Sh LIBRARY
 .Lb libc
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
-.In sys/param.h
 .In unistd.h
 .Ft int
 .Fn getgroups "int gidsetlen" "gid_t *gidset"
@@ -66,6 +65,12 @@ is zero,
 returns the number of supplementary group IDs associated with
 the calling process without modifying the array pointed to by
 .Fa gidset .
+.Pp
+The value of
+.Dv {NGROUPS_MAX}
+should be obtained using
+.Xr sysconf 3
+to avoid hard-coding it into the executable.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 A successful call returns the number of groups in the group set.
 A value of -1 indicates that an error occurred, and the error
@@ -88,7 +93,8 @@ an invalid address.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr setgroups 2 ,
-.Xr initgroups 3
+.Xr initgroups 3 ,
+.Xr sysconf 3
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Fn getgroups