]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/man-pages.git/commitdiff
errno.3: Explicitly note that error numbers vary also across UNIX systems
authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Thu, 23 Nov 2017 09:31:32 +0000 (10:31 +0100)
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Thu, 23 Nov 2017 09:39:01 +0000 (10:39 +0100)
Reported-by: Walter Harms <wharms@bfs.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
man3/errno.3

index 1aef403a616c0b0fefc327ddfb54b826b2c741b5..1fa2767fb52ec6a2a47f8c54b8f777be36f89687 100644 (file)
@@ -96,8 +96,9 @@ and
 .BR EWOULDBLOCK ,
 which may be the same.
 .PP
-On Linux, the error numbers that correspond to each symbolic name
-vary somewhat across architectures.
+The error numbers that correspond to each symbolic name
+vary across UNIX systems,
+and even across different architectures on Linux.
 Therefore, numeric values are not included in the list of
 error names below.
 On any particular system,