X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=doc%2Fposix-functions%2Fenviron.texi;h=64eddf6552a58ca6d0dd0fe767e6eac0d86dbded;hb=eadf1d03c19abe009c81484b3ebaa443b884a95d;hp=ba027d90ac231ad3d272deb51e7fe7e712f39bfc;hpb=ed6d305b671518f72cc3a59fb94148fd4e5b70ec;p=gnulib.git diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/environ.texi b/doc/posix-functions/environ.texi index ba027d90a..64eddf655 100644 --- a/doc/posix-functions/environ.texi +++ b/doc/posix-functions/environ.texi @@ -2,19 +2,16 @@ @section @code{environ} @findex environ -POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/environ.html} +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/environ.html} -Gnulib module: --- +Gnulib module: environ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: @itemize -@end itemize - -Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: -@itemize @item -This variable is missing on some platforms: -MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin. +POSIX does not require this variable to be declared, and it is indeed not +declared on some platforms: +MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 11 2010-11. @item On MacOS X 10, this variable is not declared. Up to MacOS X 10.4, one can use @smallexample @@ -26,7 +23,11 @@ shared libraries on MacOS X 10.5. Here is a workaround: Instead, one can use #include #define environ (*_NSGetEnviron()) @end smallexample -This works at least on MacOS X 10.3 and newer. +This works at all versions of MacOS X. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize @item The address of this variable is not a compile-time constant on some platforms: mingw.