Package: manpages-dev Version: 3.27-1 Severity: minor Tags: patch btowc(3) says:
This function should never be used. It does not work for encodings which have state, and unnecessarily treats single bytes differently from multibyte sequences. Use the function mbtowc() instead. but mbtowc(3) says: The function mbrtowc(3) provides a better interface to the same functionality. Obviously, btowc(3) should not suggest a non-optimal interface; it should instead suggest mbrtowc. This is also true for the pair wctob(3) and wctomb(3). A patch is attached to fix both manpages to suggest the preferable functions. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.37-rc5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages manpages-dev depends on: ii manpages 3.27-1 Manual pages about using a GNU/Lin manpages-dev recommends no packages. Versions of packages manpages-dev suggests: ii konqueror [man-browser] 4:4.4.5-1 advanced file manager, web browser ii man-db [man-browser] 2.5.7-7 on-line manual pager -- no debconf information -- brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US +1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only OpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b: 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187
--- btowc.3.old 2010-12-12 20:30:53.000000000 +0000 +++ btowc.3 2010-12-12 20:33:04.000000000 +0000 @@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ state, and unnecessarily treats single bytes differently from multibyte sequences. Use the function -.BR mbtowc () +.BR mbrtowc () instead. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR wctob (3), -.BR mbtowc (3) +.BR mbrtowc (3) .SH COLOPHON This page is part of release 3.27 of the Linux .I man-pages --- wctob.3.old 2010-12-12 20:33:20.000000000 +0000 +++ wctob.3 2010-12-12 20:33:47.000000000 +0000 @@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ Internationalized programs must never distinguish single-byte and multibyte characters. Use the function -.BR wctomb (3) +.BR wcrtomb (3) instead. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR btowc (3), -.BR wctomb (3) +.BR wcrtomb (3) .SH COLOPHON This page is part of release 3.27 of the Linux .I man-pages
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