Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:26:50 +0100 (CET) From: "Frank W. Josellis" <frank@dynamical-systems.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/121096: Man page tells wrong argument type for time2posix(3), posix2time(3) Message-ID: <200802252126.m1PLQo0j001131@pollux.senax.net> Resent-Message-ID: <200802252130.m1PLU1Rt097741@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 121096 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Man page tells wrong argument type for time2posix(3), posix2time(3) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Feb 25 21:30:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Frank W. Josellis >Release: FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD pollux.senax.net 5.5-STABLE FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE #21: Fri Feb 15 15:23:21 CET 2008 root@pollux.senax.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/POLLUX i386 >Description: According to the FreeBSD man page the argument for both time2posix(3) and posix2time(3) is a pointer "const time_t *t". In truth these two functions require a time_t value, not a pointer. NetBSD has it correctly, see e.g. http://man.netbsd.se/?find=time2posix+3+161 >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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