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authorMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2015-03-05 14:09:50 -0500
committerMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2015-03-06 00:57:43 -0500
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manual: drop strerror C89 compatibility note
Mentioning systems that are old and don't support C89 is probably a waste of time nowadays. Drop the note.
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+2015-03-06 Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+ * manual/errno.texi (Error Messages): Delete strerror ISO C89
+ compatibility note.
+
2015-03-05 Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>
* Makeconfig (test-wrapper-env-only): New variable.
diff --git a/manual/errno.texi b/manual/errno.texi
index 41d6639..315320d 100644
--- a/manual/errno.texi
+++ b/manual/errno.texi
@@ -1361,9 +1361,6 @@ given error code; the precise text varies from system to system. With
messages or embedded newlines. Each error message begins with a capital
letter and does not include any terminating punctuation.
-@strong{Compatibility Note:} The @code{strerror} function was introduced
-in @w{ISO C89}. Many older C systems do not support this function yet.
-
@cindex program name
@cindex name of running program
Many programs that don't read input from the terminal are designed to