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Date:      Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:17:16 -0500
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@csail.mit.edu>
To:        brucec@freebsd.org,freebsd-doc@freebsd.org,freebsd-standards@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: docs/143472: gethostname(3) references undefined value:	HOST_NAME_MAX
Message-ID:  <36a85352-9802-460b-b616-00cf9f9e502f@email.android.com>
In-Reply-To: <201102122116.p1CLGtJm051987@freefall.freebsd.org> (sfid-20110212_16171_2435D605)
References:  <201102122116.p1CLGtJm051987@freefall.freebsd.org> (sfid-20110212_16171_2435D605)

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brucec@freebsd.org wrote:

>Standards PR. The specification is slightly confusing between
>gethostname
>and limits.h but ultimately clear that HOST_NAME_MAX can be ommitted
>and
>and that sysconf should be used. 

The Standard uses special typography to indicate these parameters; we should, too.

_GAWollman





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