Re: [PATCH] reboot.2: 1-argument reboot() is also provided by alternative libc.

Re: [PATCH] reboot.2: 1-argument reboot() is also provided by alternative libc.

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On 11/17/2015 11:37 AM, Casper Ti. Vector wrote:
> As far as the patch author knows, at least the following alternative C
> libraries for linux also provide the 1-argument variant:
> 
> * uclibc: all public releases.
> * dietlibc: 0.7.2 and all later releases; reboot() was not provided in
>             0.7.1 and earlier releases.
> * musl: all public releases.
> * klibc: all public releases.
> * bionic: all public releases.
> 
> ... which should already cover most use cases.

Thanks, Casper. Patch applied.

Cheers,

Michael



> ---
>  man2/reboot.2 | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/reboot.2 b/man2/reboot.2
> index 6ad5c67..cd6b6ea 100644
> --- a/man2/reboot.2
> +++ b/man2/reboot.2
> @@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ reboot \- reboot or enable/disable Ctrl-Alt-Del
>  .sp
>  .BI "int reboot(int " magic ", int " magic2 ", int " cmd ", void *" arg );
>  .sp
> -/* Under glibc some of the constants involved have gotten
> +/* Under glibc and most alternative libc's (including uclibc, dietlibc,
> +   musl and a few others), some of the constants involved have gotten
>     symbolic names RB_*, and the library call is a 1-argument
>     wrapper around the 3-argument system call: */
>  .sp
> 


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