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

diff --git a/doc/glibc-functions/openpty.texi b/doc/glibc-functions/openpty.texi
index 79b6b33..b9577d5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/glibc-functions/openpty.texi
+++ b/doc/glibc-functions/openpty.texi
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
 @subsection @code{openpty}
 @findex openpty
 
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: openpty
 
 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 10.
 @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.
+@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.
+@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