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[PATCH][BZ #14029] Acknowledge that fnmatch can fail.
- From: OndÅej BÃlka <neleai at seznam dot cz>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 08:22:40 +0200
- Subject: [PATCH][BZ #14029] Acknowledge that fnmatch can fail.
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
Hi,
This corrects factual error in manual as fnmatch can fail when there is
not enough memory or when pattern contains illegal sequence.
OK to commit this?
* manual/pattern.texi: Acknowledge that fnmatch can fail.
diff --git a/manual/pattern.texi b/manual/pattern.texi
index 1966f3f..55f6682 100644
--- a/manual/pattern.texi
+++ b/manual/pattern.texi
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ returns the nonzero value @code{FNM_NOMATCH}. The arguments
The argument @var{flags} is a combination of flag bits that alter the
details of matching. See below for a list of the defined flags.
-In @theglibc{}, @code{fnmatch} cannot experience an ``error''---it
-always returns an answer for whether the match succeeds. However, other
-implementations of @code{fnmatch} might sometimes report ``errors''.
-They would do so by returning nonzero values that are not equal to
+The @code{fnmatch} might sometimes report ``errors''.
+It do so by returning nonzero values that are not equal to
@code{FNM_NOMATCH}.
@end deftypefun