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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
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| -rw-r--r-- | manual/socket.texi | 19 |
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@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2013-10-08 Yogesh Chaudhari <mr.yogesh@gmail.com> + + [BZ #156] + * manual/socket.texi: Added statement about buffer + for gethostbyname2_r. + 2013-10-08 Ondřej Bílka <neleai@seznam.cz> * sysdeps/x86_64/memset.S (ALIGN): Macro removed. @@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ Version 2.19 * The following bugs are resolved with this release: - 431, 13982, 13985, 14155, 14547, 14699, 15048, 15400, 15427, 15522, + 156, 431, 13982, 13985, 14155, 14547, 14699, 15048, 15400, 15427, 15522, 15531, 15532, 15608, 15609, 15610, 15632, 15640, 15680, 15681, 15723, 15734, 15735, 15736, 15748, 15749, 15754, 15760, 15797, 15844, 15849, 15855, 15856, 15857, 15859, 15867, 15886, 15887, 15890, 15892, 15893, - 15895, 15897, 15905, 15909, 15919, 15921, 15887, 15890, 15892, 15893, 15895, 15897, 15905, 15909, 15919, 15921, 15923, 15939, 15963, 15966, 15988. diff --git a/manual/socket.texi b/manual/socket.texi index e187402abd..25c35c46b1 100644 --- a/manual/socket.texi +++ b/manual/socket.texi @@ -1290,14 +1290,17 @@ pointer and the size of the buffer in the @var{buf} and @var{buflen} parameters. A pointer to the buffer, in which the result is stored, is available in -@code{*@var{result}} after the function call successfully returned. If -an error occurs or if no entry is found, the pointer @code{*@var{result}} -is a null pointer. Success is signalled by a zero return value. If the -function failed the return value is an error number. In addition to the -errors defined for @code{gethostbyname} it can also be @code{ERANGE}. -In this case the call should be repeated with a larger buffer. -Additional error information is not stored in the global variable -@code{h_errno} but instead in the object pointed to by @var{h_errnop}. +@code{*@var{result}} after the function call successfully returned. The +buffer passed as the @var{buf} parameter can be freed only once the caller +has finished with the result hostent struct, or has copied it including all +the other memory that it points to. If an error occurs or if no entry is +found, the pointer @code{*@var{result}} is a null pointer. Success is +signalled by a zero return value. If the function failed the return value +is an error number. In addition to the errors defined for +@code{gethostbyname} it can also be @code{ERANGE}. In this case the call +should be repeated with a larger buffer. Additional error information is +not stored in the global variable @code{h_errno} but instead in the object +pointed to by @var{h_errnop}. Here's a small example: @smallexample |