setbuf.3: POSIX doesn't require to errno to be unchanged after successful setbuf()

See https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=397#c799

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/man3/setbuf.3 b/man3/setbuf.3
index b79ddfd88b..ccfeb83ba4 100644
--- a/man3/setbuf.3
+++ b/man3/setbuf.3
@@ -188,6 +188,21 @@ The
 and
 .BR setvbuf ()
 functions conform to C89 and C99.
+.SH NOTES
+POSIX notes
+.\" https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=397#c799
+.\" 0000397: setbuf and errno
+that the value of
+.I errno
+is unspecified after a call to
+.BR setbuf ()
+and further notes that, since the value of
+.I errno
+is not required to be unchanged after a successful call to
+.BR setbuf (),
+applications should instead use
+.BR setvbuf ()
+in order to detect errors.
 .SH BUGS
 .\" The
 .\" .BR setbuffer ()