Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:15:58 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen exec.3 Message-ID: <20030617111558.GC70321@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <26822.1055844688@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20030617192918.S31778@gamplex.bde.org> <26822.1055844688@critter.freebsd.dk>
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--iFRdW5/EC4oqxDHL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 12:11:28PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20030617192918.S31778@gamplex.bde.org>, Bruce Evans writes: > >On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > > >> phk 2003/06/17 01:57:37 PDT > >> > >> FreeBSD src repository > >> > >> Modified files: > >> lib/libc/gen exec.3 > >> Log: > >> Fix the execle(3) synopsis to include the environment pointer. > > > >This just breaks the execle(3) synopsis again. Synopsises for functions > >are C prototypes. The synopsis for execle() wasn't a prototype in > >rev.1.1, but was fixed in rev.1.5. >=20 > I disagree: we don't run manual pages through C-compilers, we run > them through brains, and they should be optimized for that rather > than for the compilers that never see them. >=20 I have a solution that addresses both concerns, and it's also how this is prototyped in POSIX.1-2001, which is nice as well: int execle(const char *path, const char *arg0, ... /*, (char *)0, char *const envp[]*/); Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software Ltd, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --iFRdW5/EC4oqxDHL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+7vhuUkv4P6juNwoRAhSkAJoDEwKwXErhOKrFILpFoPJbnFiWjgCfYVoU r819lzz2PW3i7/2DmDliBOk= =XFWo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --iFRdW5/EC4oqxDHL--
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