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Author: araujo
Date: Thu Aug 13 02:31:23 2015
New Revision: 286715
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/286715

Log:
  Remove the mention of memcpy(3) that is build on top of bcopy(3).
  Fix some phrases to make it more clear.
  
  Differential Revision:	D3378
  Reported by:		bde@
  Reviewed by:		wblock
  Approved by:		bapt, rodrigc (mentor)
  Sponsored by:		gandi.net

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

Modified: head/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3	Thu Aug 13 01:04:26 2015	(r286714)
+++ head/lib/libc/string/bcopy.3	Thu Aug 13 02:31:23 2015	(r286715)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)bcopy.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd August 11, 2015
+.Dd August 13, 2015
 .Dt BCOPY 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -58,16 +58,14 @@ If
 .Fa len
 is zero, no bytes are copied.
 .Pp
-This function is deprecated (marked as LEGACY in
-POSIX.1-2001): use
-.Xr memcpy 3
-or
+This function is obsolete (marked as LEGACY in
+POSIX.1-2001): please use
 .Xr memmove 3
 in new programs.
-Note that the first two arguments are
-interchanged for
-.Xr memcpy 3
-and
+Note that
+.Fn bcopy
+takes its src and dst arguments in the opposite
+order from
 .Xr memmove 3 .
 POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of
 .Fn bcopy .