Subject: Re: new "brk" man page
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: Hubert Feyrer <feyrer@rfhs8012.fh-regensburg.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/06/1999 21:43:06
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.


 - Hubert

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