cvs commit: src/share/man/man3 pthread_cond_timedwait.3
pthread_cond_wait.3
M. Warner Losh
imp at bsdimp.com
Fri Mar 30 15:24:15 UTC 2007
In message: <20070330125817.sinue9eyo0g4skoo at webmail.leidinger.net>
Alexander Leidinger <Alexander at leidinger.net> writes:
: Quoting Warner Losh <imp at FreeBSD.org> (from Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:10:04
: +0000 (UTC)):
:
: > imp 2007-03-30 04:10:04 UTC
: >
: > FreeBSD src repository
: >
: > Modified files:
: > share/man/man3 pthread_cond_timedwait.3
: > pthread_cond_wait.3
: > Log:
: > Document that EPERM is returned when the calling thread does not have
: > the mutex locked. Also tweak the wording to make it more consistant
: > between pthread_cond_wait and pthread_cond_tiedwait.
: >
: > Confirmed with the opengroup's web site that this is a valid return
: > value. Wording used specifically not that of opengroup's online man
: > pages.
:
: Don't we have an agreement that we are allowed to use their wording
: (as long as some conditions are met)?
Yes. We do. I didn't want to chase down the right notices to include
for such a simple change.
In general, I think we should consider bringing in all of their man
pages wholesale for the pthreads_* functions, as they are more
detailed than ours.
Warner
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