On 21/11/11 5:45 PM, "per...@pluto.rain.com" <per...@pluto.rain.com> wrote:

>Alexander Best <arun...@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> here's a revised patch.
>> ...
>> +.Sh CAVEATS
>> +If the
>> +.Fn lseek
>> +system call is operating on a device, which is incapable of seeking,
>> +it will request the seek operation and complete successfully.
>
>I think it would be better without the first comma (after "device").
>
>IMO the whole section should be added to BUGS rather than creating
>a new CAVEATS section.  Returning "success" when the requested
>operation actually _failed_ is a serious POLA violation.
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