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From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
Subject: Re: docs/26520: getpgid(2) doesn't describe error conditions for getpgid() 
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The following reply was made to PR docs/26520; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
To: rwatson@freebsd.org
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, bde@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/26520: getpgid(2) doesn't describe error conditions for getpgid() 
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 00:22:32 -0700

 [ cc'd to bde since he has (some copy of) the POSIX spec ]
 
 rwatson@freebsd.org writes:
 > Most system call man pages make an effort to describe potential error
 > return conditions for the call.  getpgid(2), however, neglects to note that
 > the returned pid can be (-1), indicating that errno should be inspected,
 > in the style of getsid(2).
 > 
 > >Fix:
 > 
 > Probably need to copy the relevant part of getsid(2) into getpgid(2).
 > However, this probably involves first consulting relevant specs defining
 > getpgid(2) to determine if our implementation complies or not.
 
 Bruce, can you check if this is true?  If that's the case, I'll fix
 the man page.
 
 Thanks,
 
 					Dima Dorfman
 					dima@unixfreak.org

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