On 08/07/2015 04:24 PM, Dale E. Martin wrote: > Package: manpages-dev > Version: 3.74-1 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > Dear Maintainer, > I recently caused a problem for myself when writing some C-code by making > direct use of sys_errlist. I did this after reading the manpage for > "perror". The code I wrote worked on Debian 7, but was not binary > compatible with Debian 6, much to my surprise. Replacing my use of > sys_errlist with strerror fixed the problem. > > I have attached a suggested update to the perror (3) manpage. It is meant > as an example, I have no strong feelings about my actual text.
Hello Dale, Your submission would be much better to understand as a diff (preferably against latest upstream), with an explanation of how your proposed changes address the problem you encountered. Thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
