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doc: Update regarding MSVC 9. * doc/gnulib-intro.texi (Target Platforms): Classify MSVC as "rarely tested". * doc/posix-functions/*.texi: Update with info about MSVC 9. * doc/posix-headers/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/pastposix-functions/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/glibc-functions/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/glibc-headers/*.texi: Likewise.
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1 @node gethostname
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2 @section @code{gethostname}
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3 @findex gethostname
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5 POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/gethostname.html}
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7 Gnulib module: gethostname
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10 @itemize
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12 On mingw and MSVC 9, this function has a prototype that differs from that
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13 specified by POSIX, and it is defined only in the ws2_32 library.
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14 @end itemize
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19 This function's second argument type is @code{int} instead of @code{size_t}
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20 on some platforms:
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21 OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10.
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22 @item
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24 fail with @code{EINVAL}, instead of returning a truncated host name.
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25 @end itemize