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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-08-08 02:27:54 +1000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-08-08 05:54:16 +1000 |
| commit | 3fd5b1e7d2c8bb4411c538b67c97790773aa094f (patch) | |
| tree | 7eec4c8a4705fa9601be5adf498c4b30a7d193a6 | |
| parent | 3e752456ba8efa596d5fe6c0fe4a563e09934363 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-3fd5b1e7d2c8bb4411c538b67c97790773aa094f.tar.gz | |
wait.2: Remove erroneous statement that waitpid() is implemented via wait4()
There is a fallback to wait4(), but only if the kernel does
not provide a waitpid() system call.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/wait.2 | 7 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man2/wait.2 b/man2/wait.2 index 3457e1e81e..cae6387865 100644 --- a/man2/wait.2 +++ b/man2/wait.2 @@ -535,13 +535,6 @@ flag is automatically implied if the child is being ptraced. is actually a library function that (in glibc) is implemented as a call to .BR wait4 (2). -Within glibc, -.\" A waitpid() system call remains, with a comment noting that -.\" "waitpid() should be * implemented by calling sys_wait4() from libc.a" -.BR waitpid () -is a wrapper function that invokes -.BR wait (2). - The raw .BR waitid () system call takes a fifth argument, of type |