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Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/sys



> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 10:12:25 +0100
> From: Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>
> 
> On 08.02.2017 19:01, Maya Rashish wrote:
> > Document accept4 in accept(2)
> 
> In general we don't put POSIX/standard and nonstandard functions into
> the same manual pages. I think accept(2) should be split with accept4(2)
> and paccept(2).
> 
> Since we are here - are we planning to introduce ppoll(2)? It's very
> similar to homegrown pollts(2). Porting of it is the same scenario to
> accept4(2).

The poll(2) man page, documenting both poll and pollts, appears to be
a counterexample to the rule you just stated!  I don't see a problem
with this.  We can have a section STANDARDS for describing which one
is which.  (We perhaps also ought to specify in the synopsis what
feature symbols make it available.)


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