Bug 206838

Summary: connect(2): Clarify namelen
Product: Documentation Reporter: Tobias Kortkamp <tobik>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: Jason Helfman <jgh>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me CC: jgh
Priority: --- Keywords: patch
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description Tobias Kortkamp freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2016-02-02 09:02:47 UTC
Created attachment 166421 [details]
connect.2.diff

This is straight from OpenBSD's connect(2).  FreeBSD's version does not explain what namelen is and leaves you guessing.
Comment 1 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2016-02-04 18:03:24 UTC
A commit references this bug:

Author: jgh
Date: Thu Feb  4 18:03:06 UTC 2016
New revision: 295272
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/295272

Log:
  - connect(2) Clarify namelen

  PR:		206838
  Submitted by:	t@tobik.me
  Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
  MFH:		after 1 week
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D5194

Changes:
  head/lib/libc/sys/connect.2
Comment 2 Jason Helfman freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2016-02-04 18:03:40 UTC
Thanks for the report!