[Bug 651902] New: "an pointer" in gethostbyname_r
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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651902 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651902#c0 Summary: "an pointer" in gethostbyname_r Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.3 Status: NEW Severity: Minor Priority: P5 - None Component: Documentation AssignedTo: ke@novell.com ReportedBy: giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl QAContact: ke@novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; pl-PL; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 SUSE/3.6.12-0.7.1 Ant.com Toolbar 2.0.1 Firefox/3.6.12 Fix a typo. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. zypper 'install' 'glibc-html' 2. desktop-launch 'file:///usr/share/doc/glibc/Host-Names.html#Host-Names' Actual Results: 2. The gethostbyname_r function returns information about the host named name. The caller must pass a pointer to an object of type struct hostent in the result_buf parameter. In addition the function may need extra buffer space and the caller must pass an pointer and the size of the buffer in the buf and buflen parameters. Expected Results: 2. The gethostbyname_r function returns information about the host named name. The caller must pass a pointer to an object of type struct hostent in the result_buf parameter. In addition the function may need extra buffer space and the caller must pass a pointer and the size of the buffer in the buf and buflen parameters. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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