@section @code{gethostname}
@findex gethostname
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/gethostname.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/gethostname.html}
Gnulib module: gethostname
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-On mingw, this function has a prototype that differs from that
+On mingw and MSVC 9, this function has a prototype that differs from that
specified by POSIX, and it is defined only in the ws2_32 library.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
+This function's second argument type is @code{int} instead of @code{size_t}
+on some platforms:
+OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10.
+@item
If the given buffer is too small for the host name, some implementations
fail with @code{EINVAL}, instead of returning a truncated host name.
@end itemize