Module Name: src
Committed By: gutteridge
Date: Wed Sep 28 00:35:47 UTC 2022
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/stdlib: posix_openpt.3
Log Message:
posix_openpt.3: reflect flag changes from r. 1.44 of tty_ptm.c
Some flags are now accepted, others are still ignored. (E.g., other
BSDs would return EINVAL if O_RDWR wasn't passed, and we now accept
O_NONBLOCK but not O_CLOEXEC.)
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.7 -r1.8 src/lib/libc/stdlib/posix_openpt.3
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/stdlib/posix_openpt.3
diff -u src/lib/libc/stdlib/posix_openpt.3:1.7 src/lib/libc/stdlib/posix_openpt.3:1.8
--- src/lib/libc/stdlib/posix_openpt.3:1.7 Tue Sep 6 22:54:41 2022
+++ src/lib/libc/stdlib/posix_openpt.3 Wed Sep 28 00:35:47 2022
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: posix_openpt.3,v 1.7 2022/09/06 22:54:41 gutteridge Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: posix_openpt.3,v 1.8 2022/09/28 00:35:47 gutteridge Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2004 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 6, 2022
+.Dd September 28, 2022
.Dt POSIX_OPENPT 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ The
argument has the same meaning as in the
.Xr open 2
call.
-However, the value of
+However, flags supplied in
.Fa oflag
-is ignored; it exists for compatibility reasons only.
+may be ignored if they are unsupported.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If successful,
.Fn posix_openpt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Note that unlike implementations on some
.Fn posix_openpt
does not return
.Er EINVAL
-if the value of
+if a flag supplied in
.Fa oflag
would be deemed invalid, instead it is simply ignored.
This means it is not possible to dynamically test which
