strerror.3: VERSIONS: Document that strerrorname_np() and strerrordesc_np() functions first appeared on glibc 2.32

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Series strerror.3: VERSIONS: Document that strerrorname_np() and strerrordesc_np() functions first appeared on glibc 2.32 |

Commit Message

Alejandro Colomar Feb. 17, 2021, 9:52 a.m. UTC
  Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
---

Hi Michael,

I struggled to use strerrorname_np(), until I found that these were
so new that Debian Sid didn't have them :)

Cheers,

Alex

---
 man3/strerror.3 | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
  

Comments

Alejandro Colomar Feb. 17, 2021, 10:05 a.m. UTC | #1
On 2/17/21 10:52 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> I struggled to use strerrorname_np(), until I found that these were
> so new that Debian Sid didn't have them :)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex
> 
> ---
>   man3/strerror.3 | 5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man3/strerror.3 b/man3/strerror.3
> index 5dfe76f69..07684c40a 100644
> --- a/man3/strerror.3
> +++ b/man3/strerror.3
> @@ -235,6 +235,11 @@ Insufficient storage was supplied to contain the error description string.
>   The
>   .BR strerror_l ()
>   function first appeared in glibc 2.6.
> +The
> +.BR strerrorname_np (),

tfix: please remove that comma :)

> +and
> +.BR strerrordesc_np ()
> +functions first appeared in glibc 2.32.
>   .SH ATTRIBUTES
>   For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
>   .BR attributes (7).
>
  

Patch

diff --git a/man3/strerror.3 b/man3/strerror.3
index 5dfe76f69..07684c40a 100644
--- a/man3/strerror.3
+++ b/man3/strerror.3
@@ -235,6 +235,11 @@  Insufficient storage was supplied to contain the error description string.
 The
 .BR strerror_l ()
 function first appeared in glibc 2.6.
+The
+.BR strerrorname_np (),
+and
+.BR strerrordesc_np ()
+functions first appeared in glibc 2.32.
 .SH ATTRIBUTES
 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
 .BR attributes (7).