svn commit: r337254 - stable/10/lib/libutil

[Alan Somers]

Author: asomers
Date: Fri Aug  3 14:25:15 2018
New Revision: 337254
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/337254

Log:
  MFC r334547:
  
  pty.3: Add a HISTORY section
  
  These functions were first added in 4.3 BSD-Reno, according to
  http://unix.superglobalmegacorp.com/ and the CSRG svn repository.
  
  Reviewed by:	bcr, bjk
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15652

Modified:
  stable/10/lib/libutil/pty.3
Directory Properties:
  stable/10/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/10/lib/libutil/pty.3
==============================================================================
--- stable/10/lib/libutil/pty.3	Fri Aug  3 14:23:51 2018	(r337253)
+++ stable/10/lib/libutil/pty.3	Fri Aug  3 14:25:15 2018	(r337254)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\" "
-.Dd November 11, 2015
+.Dd June 2, 2018
 .Dt PTY 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -143,3 +143,18 @@ may set it to any value as described for
 .Xr pty 4 ,
 .Xr termios 4 ,
 .Xr group 5
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn openpty
+and
+.Fn forkpty
+functions first appeared in
+.Bx 4.3 Reno.
+.Sh BUGS
+.Fn openpty
+writes the slave terminal's name to
+.Fa name ,
+but does not check that sufficient space is available.
+It is advisable to use
+.Xr ptsname 3
+instead.