Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:51:15 +0200 | From | "Michael Kerrisk" <> | Subject | Re: [Patch] Add the ENOSYS description for syslog(2) |
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On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 6:29 PM, WANG Cong <wcong@critical-links.com> wrote: > > Hi, Michael! > > syslog(2) just returns ENOSYS when CONFIG_PRINTK is not enabled. > This should be described in man pages, I think. > > Patch is below. > > Thanks. > > Sigend-off-by: WANG Cong <wcong@critical-links.com>
Thanks! I've rewritten the text a bit, and applied this change for man-pages-3.01.
Cheers,
Michael
> --- > diff -Nrup man-pages-3.00/man2/syslog.2 man-pages-3.00.modified/man2/syslog.2 > --- man-pages-3.00/man2/syslog.2 2008-06-11 05:20:46.000000000 +0100 > +++ man-pages-3.00.modified/man2/syslog.2 2008-06-19 17:13:00.000000000 +0100 > @@ -235,6 +235,12 @@ capability). > .B ERESTARTSYS > System call was interrupted by a signal; nothing was read. > (This can be seen only during a trace.) > +.TP > +.B ENOSYS > +This system call is not enabled when the operating system > +kernel was compiled. > +The kernel configuration parameter controlling this is > +.BR CONFIG_PRINTK . > .SH "CONFORMING TO" > This system call is Linux-specific and should not be used in programs > intended to be portable.
-- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ man-pages online: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online_pages.html Found a bug? http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html
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