Re: [PATCH] strsignal.3: SYNOPSIS: Add missing 'const'
From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <hidden>
Date: 2021-05-09 23:16:21
Hi Alex, On 5/10/21 9:39 AM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
glibc uses 'const' in sigdescr_np(), sigabbrev_np(). Let's use it here too. .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype sigdescr_np string/string.h:469: extern const char *sigdescr_np (int __sig) __THROW; .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype sigabbrev_np string/string.h:466: extern const char *sigabbrev_np (int __sig) __THROW; .../glibc$ Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <redacted>
Applied. Thanks, Michael
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- man3/strsignal.3 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)diff --git a/man3/strsignal.3 b/man3/strsignal.3 index 6a5a1e610..bc4120303 100644 --- a/man3/strsignal.3 +++ b/man3/strsignal.3@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ strsignal, sigdescr_np, sigdescr_np, sys_siglist \- return string describing sig .B #include <string.h> .PP .BI "char *strsignal(int " sig ); -.BI "char *sigdescr_np(int " sig ); -.BI "char *sigabbrev_np(int " sig ); +.BI "const char *sigdescr_np(int " sig ); +.BI "const char *sigabbrev_np(int " sig ); .PP .BI "extern const char *const " sys_siglist []; .fi
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