documentation update for mingw socket functions

[gnulib.git] / doc / posix-functions / socket.texi

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/socket.texi b/doc/posix-functions/socket.texi
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--- a/doc/posix-functions/socket.texi
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@@ -4,18 +4,23 @@
 
 POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/socket.html}
 
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
 
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), the descriptors returned by
+the @code{socket} function can not be used in calls to @code{read},
+@code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use @code{recv}, @code{send},
+@code{closesocket} in these cases instead.
+@item
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), error codes for @code{accept} are not
+placed in @code{errno}, and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
-@item
 On BeOS, the descriptors returned by the @code{socket} function can not be used
 in calls to @code{read}, @code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use
 @code{recv}, @code{send}, @code{closesocket} in these cases instead.