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Date:      Fri, 7 May 2010 17:20:16 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r207749 - head/lib/libc/gen
Message-ID:  <201005071720.o47HKGQS060407@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: jilles
Date: Fri May  7 17:20:15 2010
New Revision: 207749
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/207749

Log:
  raise(3): Note that this sends a signal to the current thread, not process.
  
  This is how it works (with threading libraries loaded) and what POSIX
  requires.
  
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/lib/libc/gen/raise.3

Modified: head/lib/libc/gen/raise.3
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/gen/raise.3	Fri May  7 16:43:00 2010	(r207748)
+++ head/lib/libc/gen/raise.3	Fri May  7 17:20:15 2010	(r207749)
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
 .\"     @(#)raise.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dd May 7, 2010
 .Dt RAISE 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm raise
-.Nd send a signal to the current process
+.Nd send a signal to the current thread
 .Sh LIBRARY
 .Lb libc
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ The
 .Fn raise
 function sends the signal
 .Fa sig
-to the current process.
+to the current thread.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Rv -std raise
 .Sh ERRORS



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