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From: Jacob Moody <jsmoody@iastate.edu>
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: [9front] thread(2) procexec
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:34:25 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+gzr0+GfFqM=7oqDNwj_m6cZxBk4DL2dchQd_xusmt+JxWbZw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Hello,

I noticed that thread(2) claims that procexec and procexecl return -1
on error, but have a return type of void. This patch removes the
mention of the -1 return from the man page.

diff -r bd352bcef025 sys/man/2/thread
--- a/sys/man/2/thread    Wed Dec 18 09:01:38 2019 +1030
+++ b/sys/man/2/thread    Wed Dec 18 14:27:39 2019 -0600
@@ -332,7 +332,6 @@
 on success,
 they replace the calling thread (which must be the only thread in its proc)
 and invoke the external program, never returning.
-On error, they return \-1.
 If
 .I cpid
 is not null, the pid of the invoked program


-- 
Jacob Moody
ISEAGE


             reply	other threads:[~2019-12-18 20:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-18 20:34 Jacob Moody [this message]
2019-12-19  4:39 ` Alex Musolino
2019-12-19  6:32   ` Jacob Moody
2019-12-19  6:45     ` Alex Musolino

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