Bug 22675
| Summary: | Function is gone, but the man page lingers on | ||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | mwm |
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | Latest | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 01:17:46AM -0000, mwm@mired.org wrote: > > >Number: 22675 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: Function is gone, but the man page lingers on > > >How-To-Repeat: > > bash-2.04$ cc test.c > test.c: In function `main': > test.c:2: `NULL' undeclared (first use in this function) > test.c:2: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once > test.c:2: for each function it appears in.) > > whereas using free() instead of cfree() works. > How about following the man pages instructions: The cfree function considered obsolete. It is available from the compatibility library, libcompat. (i.e. cc test.c -lcompat) -- Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org -------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org> types: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 01:17:46AM -0000, mwm@mired.org wrote: > > > > >Number: 22675 > > >Category: docs > > >Synopsis: Function is gone, but the man page lingers on > > > > >How-To-Repeat: > > > > bash-2.04$ cc test.c > > test.c: In function `main': > > test.c:2: `NULL' undeclared (first use in this function) > > test.c:2: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once > > test.c:2: for each function it appears in.) > > > > whereas using free() instead of cfree() works. > > > > How about following the man pages instructions: > > The cfree function considered obsolete. > It is available from the compatibility library, libcompat. > (i.e. cc test.c -lcompat) That would be a fine solution by me. I assumed no library was needed because such are normally documented. Thanx, <mike On Tue, 07 Nov 2000 19:51:38 CST, Mike Meyer wrote:
> In which case, I missed it and you can just close the pr. Though I
> think adding the -lcompat line would still be a good idea.
I think this manpage just needs the new .Lb macro.
Ciao,
Sheldon.
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 13:42:41 +0200, Alexey Zelkin wrote: > On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 09:26:58AM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > > Alexey, is there anything stopping us from adding an Lb macro for > > libcompat? > > Nothing. Go for it. Okay, so we have a libcompat entry for the Lb macro. So do we go apeshit and smack up all the libcompat manual pages? :-) Is there anyone else with more time on hand to do this? I'm _really_ pressured for time. :-( Ciao, Sheldon. State Changed From-To: open->closed Manual page fixed to use the .Lb macro. |
The cfree man page exists, claiming that cfree is an alias for free. However, trying to use it generates link errors. Fix: Delete the man page? Add cfree back to libc? How-To-Repeat: Try compiling the following short C program: int main() { cfree((char *) 0); } and get: bash-2.04$ cc test.c test.c: In function `main': test.c:2: `NULL' undeclared (first use in this function) test.c:2: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once test.c:2: for each function it appears in.) whereas using free() instead of cfree() works.