svn commit: r238853 - head/lib/libc/string

Ed Maste emaste at FreeBSD.org
Fri Jul 27 21:38:15 UTC 2012


Author: emaste
Date: Fri Jul 27 21:38:14 2012
New Revision: 238853
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/238853

Log:
  Correct BUGS description of static buffer use
  
  Since r142667 strerror has unconditionally returned a pointer to a
  static buffer.
  
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/lib/libc/string/strerror.3

Modified: head/lib/libc/string/strerror.3
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/string/strerror.3	Fri Jul 27 19:56:36 2012	(r238852)
+++ head/lib/libc/string/strerror.3	Fri Jul 27 21:38:14 2012	(r238853)
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@ function was implemented in
 by
 .An Wes Peters Aq wes at FreeBSD.org .
 .Sh BUGS
-For unknown error numbers, the
+The
 .Fn strerror
-function will return its result in a static buffer which
-may be overwritten by subsequent calls.
+function returns its result in a static buffer which
+will be overwritten by subsequent calls.
 .Pp
 The return type for
 .Fn strerror


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