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ttyname_r: Work around bug on Android 4.3. * m4/ttyname_r.m4 (gl_FUNC_TTYNAME_R): Test whether ttyname_r is a stub. * lib/ttyname_r.c (ttyname_r): Implement for Android. * doc/posix-functions/ttyname_r.texi: Mention the Android bug. * doc/posix-functions/ttyname.texi: Likewise.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sat, 26 Jan 2019 11:56:31 +0100
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@node ttyname_r
@section @code{ttyname_r}
@findex ttyname_r

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/ttyname_r.html}

Gnulib module: ttyname_r

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
NetBSD 3.0, Minix 3.1.8, mingw, MSVC 14, BeOS.
@item
This function is not declared unless @code{_REENTRANT} is defined,
on some platforms:
HP-UX 11.
@item
This function has an incompatible declaration on some platforms:
Mac OS X 10.4, Solaris 11.4 (when @code{_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS} is not defined).
@item
This function ignores the size argument, thus overwriting memory after the
buffer, on some platforms:
OSF/1 5.1.
@item
This function refuses to do anything when the output buffer is less than 128
bytes large, on some platforms:
Solaris 11 2010-11.
@item
This function is just a stub that produces an error message on standard error
on some platforms:
Android 4.3.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize