@setfilename standards.info
@settitle GNU Coding Standards
@c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
-@set lastupdate June 22, 2025
+@set lastupdate July 5, 2025
@c %**end of header
@dircategory GNU organization
avoids legal difficulties, and other related issues.
@menu
-* Reading Nonfree Code:: Referring to proprietary programs.
+* Reading Nonfree Code:: Referring to proprietary programs.
* Contributions:: Accepting contributions.
* Trademarks:: How we deal with trademark issues.
* Terms to Avoid:: Be careful of certain words!
``w.'' @xref{System Portability}.
@node Terms to Avoid
-@chapter Terms to Avoid
+@section Terms to Avoid
Be careful---never use the word ``steward'' to refer to any person
involved with developing any free software! An EU directive, the CRA,
maximize portability, write function definitions in the Standard C
style.
-You generally need a declaration for the function in addition to iss
+You generally need a declaration for the function in addition to its
definition, usually in a header file, to get the benefit of prototypes
in all the files where the function is called.
@item nx
Used in GDB.
-@item old-archive
-@samp{-o} in @code{tar}.
-
@item old-file
@samp{-o} in @code{make}.
@item one-file-system
-@samp{-l} in @code{tar}, @code{cp}, and @code{du}.
+@samp{-x} in @code{cp} and @code{du}.
@item only-file
@samp{-o} in @code{ptx}.
@samp{-P} in @code{finger}.
@item portability
-@samp{-c} in @code{cpio} and @code{tar}.
+@samp{-c} in @code{cpio}.
@item posix
Used in @code{gawk}.