sys_socket, netdb: Document problem with socklen_t.

* doc/posix-headers/sys_socket.texi: Mention lack of socklen_t on some
platforms.
* doc/posix-headers/netdb.texi: Likewise.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 01544bc9b6ee6c5cb8fd31c4e0a11ed97283cea4..da95af4f13e568f35b4701731cf508efed1d838b 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-03-19  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+       sys_socket, netdb: Document problem with socklen_t.
+       * doc/posix-headers/sys_socket.texi: Mention lack of socklen_t on some
+       platforms.
+       * doc/posix-headers/netdb.texi: Likewise.
+
 2011-03-18  Eric Blake  <eblake@redhat.com>
 
        maint.mk: let po check work in VPATH build

diff --git a/doc/posix-headers/netdb.texi b/doc/posix-headers/netdb.texi
index dd152bef37fc68f9fed07f8d1e743ee75eb0416f..c53dcfb69d60fe614d49b9f4d78d74e328320e24 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-headers/netdb.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-headers/netdb.texi
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ mingw, BeOS.
 This header file is incomplete on some platforms:
 Cygwin 1.5.x, Haiku.
 
+@item
+This header file does not define the type @code{socklen_t} on some platforms:
+HP-UX 10.20, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 4.0, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
+
 @item
 This header file does not define @code{AI_ALL}, @code{AI_V4MAPPED},
 @code{AI_ADDRCONFIG} on some platforms:

diff --git a/doc/posix-headers/sys_socket.texi b/doc/posix-headers/sys_socket.texi
index dc975b611f630fd2b8d075edd74fd734ad58dbd0..c8e42280f1014e4b0b5a0e30e61d9da7144ab01e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-headers/sys_socket.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-headers/sys_socket.texi
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ mingw.
 This header file is not self-contained on some platforms: it requires
 @code{<sys/types.h>} to be included first.
 @item
+This header file does not define the type @code{socklen_t} on some platforms:
+HP-UX 10.20, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 4.0, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
+@item
 This header file is lacking the @code{SHUT_RD}, @code{SHUT_WR},
 @code{SHUT_RDWR} macros on some platforms, despite having the @code{shutdown}
 functions: