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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi b/doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi
index d1c4c83..aaf8492 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @section @code{fstatat}
 @findex fstatat
 
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fstatat.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fstatat.html}
 
 Gnulib module: openat
 
@@ -10,10 +10,14 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
 This function is missing on some platforms:
-glibc 2.3.6, MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, AIX
-5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
+glibc 2.3.6, MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8,
+AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
 But the replacement function is not safe to be used in libraries and is not multithread-safe.
 @item
+On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{fstatat} may
+not correctly report the size of files or block devices larger than 2
+GB.  (Cf. @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE}.)
+@item
 On some platforms, @code{fstatat(fd,"file/",buf,flag)} succeeds instead of
 failing with @code{ENOTDIR}.
 Solaris 9.
@@ -26,9 +30,9 @@ Solaris 9.
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{fstatat} may
-not correctly report the size of files or block devices larger than 2
-GB.  The fix is to use the @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE} macro.
-@item
 On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), @code{st_ino} is always 0.
+@item
+On some file systems, @code{st_size} contains bogus information for
+symlinks; use the gnulib module areadlink-with-size for a better way
+to get symlink contents.
 @end itemize