Eric Blake wrote:
> --- doc/functions/lseek.texi 1 May 2007 15:11:38 -0000 1.1
> +++ doc/functions/lseek.texi 24 May 2007 16:21:36 -0000
> @@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
>
> POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/lseek.html}
>
> -Gnulib module: ---
> +Gnulib module: lseek
>
> Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
> @itemize
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> +This function mistakenly succeeds on non-seekable files: mingw.
> @end itemize
>
> Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
Since there are some kinds of non-seekable files on which lseek is allowed
to succeed (only pipes, FIFOs and sockets are mandated to fail), I'm
changing the doc like this:
--- doc/functions/lseek.texi 24 May 2007 16:59:21 -0000 1.2
+++ doc/functions/lseek.texi 28 May 2007 13:57:29 -0000
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-This function mistakenly succeeds on non-seekable files: mingw.
+This function mistakenly succeeds on pipes on some platforms: mingw.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
