Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 16:34:55 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/sys pathconf.2 Message-ID: <20040707233455.GI95729@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <200407072225.i67MP03s039814@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> References: <200407072047.i67Klgqu082069@repoman.freebsd.org> <200407072225.i67MP03s039814@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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* Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> [040707 15:25] wrote: > <<On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 20:47:42 +0000 (UTC), Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.ORG> said: > > > there's no such define as KERN_NAME_MAX, change to _POSIX_NAME_MAX. > > That is not more correct. > > Actually, it should be documented thus: > > .It Li _PC_NO_TRUNC > Always returns 1. > (Included to support software written for previous editions of > .Tn POSIX . ) > > -GAWollman Whoa.... if _PC_NO_TRUNC returns 1 then an application should assume that names longer than 14 characters (_POSIX_NAME_MAX) are truncated??? But that's always set? I'm confused. Can you suggest better wording? Perhaps (if I'm understanding properly): "Always returns 1, but should be ignored." ? Because we sure as hell don't truncate names 14 characters. :) -- - Alfred Perlstein - Research Engineering Development Inc. - email: bright@mu.org cell: 408-480-4684
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