Subject: lib/876: Buglet in stdio manual page
To: None <gnats-admin@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/15/1995 00:35:04
>Number: 876
>Category: lib
>Synopsis: fgetpos(3) is described as repositioning a stream
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: lib-bug-people (Library Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 15 00:35:03 1995
>Originator: Giles Lean
>Organization:
Giles Lean Nemeton Pty Ltd
<giles@nemeton.com.au> phone: +61 3 480 2118
>Release: 1.0
>Environment:
System: NetBSD nemeton.com.au 1.0 NetBSD 1.0 (NEMETON) #16: Sat Feb 11 09:03:41 EST 1995 giles@nemeton.com.au:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/NEMETON i386
>Description:
In 1.0 and -current the stdio manual page describes fgetpos(3)
and ftell(3) as 'reposition a stream'.
>How-To-Repeat:
$ man stdio
>Fix:
Alter the manual page to say something like 'report stream position'
for these functions. The ANSI C wording of 'stores the file
position indicator' is more precise but I hope the difference
is not relevant to a unix-like system!
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: