pselect: reject invalid file descriptors

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

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/pselect.texi b/doc/posix-functions/pselect.texi
index 4c6f093..aa191cc 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/pselect.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/pselect.texi
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @item
 This function is missing on some platforms:
 OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
+@item
+On some platforms, this function fails to detect invalid fds with
+EBADF, but only if they lie beyond the current maximum open fd:
+FreeBSD 8.2.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: