Subject: Re: new "brk" man page
To: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/06/1999 18:49:43
Hubert Feyrer <feyrer@rfhs8012.fh-regensburg.de> writes:
> On 6 Jul 1999, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> > .Sh SYNOPSIS
> > .Fd #include <unistd.h>
> > .Ft int
> > .Fn brk "void *addr"
> > .\" Note: XPG says sbrk should take an intptr_t and should return a
> > .\" void. Our usage conflicts with that.
> 
> Maybe put this note into a "standards" or "bugs" section at the end of the
> manpage. Standard conformance (although important) has nothing to do with
> they the descrition of the way things work.

That's not a half bad idea.

Perry