From 5d9a6b575ccfb0aed1447bc2b09252ea1e01936c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 14:18:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that the resource module does not attempt to mask platform differences by defining symbols not defined on particular platforms. This closes SF bug #473433. --- Doc/lib/libresource.tex | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libresource.tex b/Doc/lib/libresource.tex index 81e5aebd20b..33de531947e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libresource.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libresource.tex @@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ used by \C{} programs. The \UNIX{} man page for \manpage{getrlimit}{2} lists the available resources. Note that not all systems use the same symbol or same -value to denote the same resource. +value to denote the same resource. This module does not attempt to +mask platform differences --- symbols not defined for a platform will +not be available from this module on that platform. \begin{datadesc}{RLIMIT_CORE} The maximum size (in bytes) of a core file that the current process