[src/trunk]: src/lib/libc/gen Deprecated in POSIX (rev. 2008).

[jruoho <jruoho%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/d54a6df7b934
branches:  trunk
changeset: 754419:d54a6df7b934
user:      jruoho <jruoho%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Fri Apr 30 05:09:23 2010 +0000

description:
Deprecated in POSIX (rev. 2008).

diffstat:

 lib/libc/gen/ulimit.3 |  29 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diffs (54 lines):

diff -r 8b13918983f9 -r d54a6df7b934 lib/libc/gen/ulimit.3
--- a/lib/libc/gen/ulimit.3     Fri Apr 30 04:55:10 2010 +0000
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/ulimit.3     Fri Apr 30 05:09:23 2010 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: ulimit.3,v 1.8 2008/04/30 13:10:50 martin Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: ulimit.3,v 1.9 2010/04/30 05:09:23 jruoho Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd September 13, 1999
+.Dd April 30, 2010
 .Dt ULIMIT 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -68,14 +68,6 @@
 .Fn ulimit
 function will not change the setting of
 .Va errno .
-.Pp
-The
-.Fn ulimit
-function is an obsolete interface; applications are encouraged to use
-.Xr getrlimit 2
-and
-.Xr setrlimit 2
-instead.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 If successful, the
 .Fn ulimit
@@ -109,4 +101,19 @@
 The
 .Fn ulimit
 function conforms to
-.St -xsh5 .
+.St -xsh5
+and
+.St -p1003.1-2001 .
+It was marked as obsolete in the
+.St -p1003.1-2008
+revision, which recommended the use of
+.Xr getrlimit 2
+and
+.Xr setrlimit 2
+instead, noting that because
+.Fn ulimit
+uses the type
+.Vt long
+rather than
+.Vt rlim_t ,
+it may not be sufficient for file sizes on many current systems.