The attached patch updates the documentation on socket functions after
the recent Winsock commits.
Ok?
Paolo
2008-08-24 Paolo Bonzini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* doc/posix-functions/accept.texi: Update mingw problems.
* doc/posix-functions/bind.texi: Update mingw problems.
* doc/posix-functions/close.texi: Update mingw problems.
* doc/posix-functions/connect.texi: Update mingw problems.
* doc/posix-functions/getpeername.texi: Update mingw problems.
* doc/posix-functions/getsockname.texi: Update mingw problems.
* doc/posix-functions/getsockopt.texi: Update mingw problems.
* doc/posix-functions/ioctl.texi: Update mingw problems.
* doc/posix-functions/listen.texi: Update mingw problems.
* doc/posix-functions/recv.texi: Update mingw problems.
* doc/posix-functions/recvfrom.texi: Update mingw problems.
* doc/posix-functions/select.texi: Update mingw problems.
* doc/posix-functions/send.texi: Update mingw problems.
* doc/posix-functions/sendto.texi: Update mingw problems.
* doc/posix-functions/setsockopt.texi: Update mingw problems.
* doc/posix-functions/socket.texi: Update mingw problems.
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/accept.texi b/doc/posix-functions/accept.texi
index fe85c63..8c3fa18 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/accept.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/accept.texi
@@ -4,17 +4,25 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/accept.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+On mingw, the descriptors returned by the @code{accept} function can not be
used
+in calls to @code{read}, @code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use
[EMAIL PROTECTED], @code{send}, @code{closesocket} in these cases instead.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Error codes for @code{accept} are not placed in @code{errno} under mingw,
+and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
+On BeOS, the descriptors returned by the @code{accept} function can not be used
+in calls to @code{read}, @code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use
[EMAIL PROTECTED], @code{send}, @code{closesocket} in these cases instead.
@item
Some platforms don't have a @code{socklen_t} type; in this case this function's
third argument type is @samp{int *}.
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/bind.texi b/doc/posix-functions/bind.texi
index 2211dd0..270eea3 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/bind.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/bind.texi
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/bind.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Error codes for @code{bind} are not placed in @code{errno} under mingw,
+and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/close.texi b/doc/posix-functions/close.texi
index ec961dc..5d8924c 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/close.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/close.texi
@@ -4,12 +4,20 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/close.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+On mingw, @code{socket} and @code{accept} do not return file descriptors
+that can be closed by @code{close}. Instead, @code{closesocket} must be
+used.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+On BeOS, @code{socket} and @code{accept} do not return file descriptors
+that can be closed by @code{close}. Instead, @code{closesocket} must be
+used.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/connect.texi b/doc/posix-functions/connect.texi
index 4987034..2a9bfbf 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/connect.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/connect.texi
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/connect.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Error codes for @code{connect} are not placed in @code{errno} under mingw,
+and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/getpeername.texi
b/doc/posix-functions/getpeername.texi
index e229534..61729b4 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/getpeername.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/getpeername.texi
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/getpeername.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Error codes for @code{getpeername} are not placed in @code{errno} under mingw,
+and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Some platforms don't have a @code{socklen_t} type; in this case this function's
third argument type is @samp{int *}.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/getsockname.texi
b/doc/posix-functions/getsockname.texi
index 0d591e4..ca216c4 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/getsockname.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/getsockname.texi
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/getsockname.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Error codes for @code{getsockname} are not placed in @code{errno} under mingw,
+and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/getsockopt.texi
b/doc/posix-functions/getsockopt.texi
index 583bb90..b2428c3 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/getsockopt.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/getsockopt.texi
@@ -4,17 +4,20 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/getsockopt.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Error codes for @code{getsockopt} are not placed in @code{errno} under mingw,
+and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw, BeOS.
+BeOS.
@item
Some platforms don't have a @code{socklen_t} type; in this case this function's
fifth argument type is @samp{int *}.
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/ioctl.texi b/doc/posix-functions/ioctl.texi
index 56380a8..77eabaf 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/ioctl.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/ioctl.texi
@@ -4,17 +4,19 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/ioctl.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Error codes for @code{ioctl} are not placed in @code{errno} under mingw,
+and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is called @code{ioctlsocket} under mingw
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Most @code{ioctl} requests are platform and hardware specific.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/listen.texi b/doc/posix-functions/listen.texi
index 6ffb36b..e52a4c7 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/listen.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/listen.texi
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/listen.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Error codes for @code{listen} are not placed in @code{errno} under mingw,
+and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/recv.texi b/doc/posix-functions/recv.texi
index 1cebbd4..bae3b87 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/recv.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/recv.texi
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/recv.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Error codes for @code{recv} are not placed in @code{errno} under mingw,
+and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/recvfrom.texi
b/doc/posix-functions/recvfrom.texi
index fdb54a6..6b1c77b 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/recvfrom.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/recvfrom.texi
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/recvfrom.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Error codes for @code{recvfrom} are not placed in @code{errno} under mingw,
+and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Some platforms don't have a @code{socklen_t} type; in this case this function's
sixth argument type is @samp{int *}.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/select.texi b/doc/posix-functions/select.texi
index 1c64752..8b95fb2 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/select.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/select.texi
@@ -4,26 +4,26 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/select.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_select
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), @code{select} can only be
+called on descriptors created by the @code{socket} function, not on regular
+file descriptors.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
When you call @code{select} with a timeout, some implementations modify the
timeout parameter so that upon return from the function, it contains the
amount of time not slept. Other implementations leave the timeout parameter
unmodified.
@item
-On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin) and on BeOS, @code{select} can only be
-called on descriptors created by the @code{socket} function, not on regular
-file descriptors.
+On BeOS, @code{select} can only be called on descriptors created by the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] function, not on regular file descriptors.
@item
On Linux, when some file descriptor refers to a regular file, @code{select}
may fail, setting @code{errno} to @code{EBADF}.
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/send.texi b/doc/posix-functions/send.texi
index 2320826..ba22b09 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/send.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/send.texi
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/send.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Error codes for @code{send} are not placed in @code{errno} under mingw,
+and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/sendto.texi b/doc/posix-functions/sendto.texi
index 62330a6..49467d5 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/sendto.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/sendto.texi
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/sendto.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Error codes for @code{sendto} are not placed in @code{errno} under mingw,
+and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/setsockopt.texi
b/doc/posix-functions/setsockopt.texi
index 2146c35..a9f718a 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/setsockopt.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/setsockopt.texi
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/setsockopt.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Error codes for @code{setsockopt} are not placed in @code{errno} under mingw,
+and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Many socket options are not available on all platforms.
@end itemize
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/socket.texi b/doc/posix-functions/socket.texi
index 46a3605..ddceda1 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/socket.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/socket.texi
@@ -4,18 +4,22 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/socket.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: sys_socket
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+On mingw, the descriptors returned by the @code{socket} function can not be
used
+in calls to @code{read}, @code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use
[EMAIL PROTECTED], @code{send}, @code{closesocket} in these cases instead.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Error codes for @code{socket} are not placed in @code{errno} under mingw,
+and @code{WSAGetLastError} must be used instead.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-mingw.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On BeOS, the descriptors returned by the @code{socket} function can not be used
in calls to @code{read}, @code{write}, and @code{close}; you have to use
@code{recv}, @code{send}, @code{closesocket} in these cases instead.
