Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:34:19 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Andreas Kohn <andreas.kohn@gmail.com> Cc: jcamou@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/87681: [patch] correct gettimeofday(2) manpage, document one known bug Message-ID: <20060213133419.1fb3fc65.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200602111240.k1BCeBiM078657@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200602111240.k1BCeBiM078657@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:40:11 GMT
Andreas Kohn <andreas.kohn@gmail.com> wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR docs/87681; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: Andreas Kohn <andreas.kohn@gmail.com>
> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, andreas@syndrom23.de
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: docs/87681: [patch] correct gettimeofday(2) manpage, document one known bug
> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:32:08 +0100
>
> The bug was fixed, and time_t is now used on all archs but alpha.
> The documentation is still incorrect w.r.t. to the types.
>
> Updated patch:
>
> RCS file: /storage/freebsd/cvs/src/lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2,v
> retrieving revision 1.25
> diff -u -r1.25 gettimeofday.2
> --- gettimeofday.2 2 Jul 2004 23:52:13 -0000 1.25
> +++ gettimeofday.2 11 Feb 2006 12:26:57 -0000
> @@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
> .Pp
> .Bd -literal
> struct timeval {
> - long tv_sec; /* seconds since Jan. 1, 1970 */
> - long tv_usec; /* and microseconds */
> + time_t tv_sec; /* seconds since Jan. 1, 1970 */
> + suseconds_t tv_usec; /* and microseconds */
> };
>
> struct timezone {
Yea, this was a jcamou assignment since it's his (and to some
extent brooks) fault the time_t change happened. I've just
been waiting for jcamou to send an updated patch for the
manual page. Thanks for moving it along! :)
--
Tom Rhodes
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