mkfifo-tests, etc.: allow HP-UX 11.11 bug

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

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/mkfifo.texi b/doc/posix-functions/mkfifo.texi
index 53a17bc..6fc49f7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/mkfifo.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/mkfifo.texi
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ mingw, MSVC 9.
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+If the argument exists and is a directory, this function fails with
+@code{EISDIR} instead of the correct @code{EEXIST}:
+HP-UX 11.11.
 @end itemize