X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=inline;f=doc%2Fposix-functions%2Fgetchar.texi;h=3b11d99343d93b104e7f6cea463a455c8f625059;hb=c6dc8f1;hp=5bc841d96f90442b07650acb31fe07004be1bc8d;hpb=09ef7461110822a3970aa8eebcfaa740996a82f2;p=gnulib.git diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/getchar.texi b/doc/posix-functions/getchar.texi index 5bc841d96..3b11d9934 100644 --- a/doc/posix-functions/getchar.texi +++ b/doc/posix-functions/getchar.texi @@ -2,12 +2,17 @@ @section @code{getchar} @findex getchar -POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/getchar.html} +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/getchar.html} -Gnulib module: --- +Gnulib module: stdio, nonblocking -Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{stdio}, together with module @code{nonblocking}: @itemize +@item +When reading from a non-blocking pipe whose buffer is empty, this function +fails with @code{errno} being set to @code{EINVAL} instead of @code{EAGAIN} on +some platforms: +mingw. @end itemize Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: