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Document some different function declarations on OSF/1 5.1. * doc/posix-functions/gai_strerror.texi: Mention different declaration. * doc/posix-functions/inet_ntop.texi: Likewise. * doc/posix-functions/gethostname.texi: Likewise. * lib/unistd.in.h (gethostname): Update comment.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:41:16 +0100
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@node gethostname
@section @code{gethostname}
@findex gethostname

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/gethostname.html}

Gnulib module: gethostname

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
On mingw, this function has a prototype that differs from that
specified by POSIX, and it is defined only in the ws2_32 library.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function's second argument type is @code{int} instead of @code{size_t}
on some platforms:
OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10.
@item
If the given buffer is too small for the host name, some implementations
fail with @code{EINVAL}, instead of returning a truncated host name.
@end itemize