update from texinfo

[gnulib.git] / doc / glibc-functions / openpty.texi

diff --git a/doc/glibc-functions/openpty.texi b/doc/glibc-functions/openpty.texi
index 79b6b33..8fc9620 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/glibc-functions/openpty.texi
+++ b/doc/glibc-functions/openpty.texi
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
 @subsection @code{openpty}
 @findex openpty
 
 @subsection @code{openpty}
 @findex openpty
 

-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: openpty

 
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize

-@end itemize
-
-Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
-@itemize
+@item
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 11 2010-11.

 @item
 One some systems (at least including Cygwin, Interix, OSF/1 4 and 5,
 and Mac OS X) linking with @code{-lutil} is not required.
 @item
 One some systems (at least including Cygwin, Interix, OSF/1 4 and 5,
 and Mac OS X) linking with @code{-lutil} is not required.


@@ -20,4 +19,20 @@ required.
 The function is declared in pty.h on Cygwin, Interix, OSF/1 4 and 5,
 and glibc.  It is declared in util.h on Mac OS X, OpenBSD and NetBSD.
 It is declared in libutil.h on FreeBSD.
 The function is declared in pty.h on Cygwin, Interix, OSF/1 4 and 5,
 and glibc.  It is declared in util.h on Mac OS X, OpenBSD and NetBSD.
 It is declared in libutil.h on FreeBSD.

+@item
+Some platforms declare the function without marking the last two
+parameters @code{const}.
+FreeBSD, Cygwin 1.7.1.
+@end itemize
+
+Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
+@itemize
+@item
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+mingw, MSVC 9.
+@item
+After a successful call to @code{openpty}, the application needs to close
+the master's file descriptor before closing the slave's file descriptor,
+otherwise the process may hang in a state where it cannot be killed, on
+some platforms: MacOS X 10.4.11.

 @end itemize
 @end itemize