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authorMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2015-03-05 14:09:50 -0500
committerMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2015-03-06 00:57:43 -0500
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manual: drop strerror C89 compatibility note
Mentioning systems that are old and don't support C89 is probably
a waste of time nowadays.  Drop the note.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--manual/errno.texi3
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b9cf4583b6..cda9af2df7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-03-06  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+	* manual/errno.texi (Error Messages): Delete strerror ISO C89
+	compatibility note.
+
 2015-03-05  Roland McGrath  <roland@hack.frob.com>
 
 	* Makeconfig (test-wrapper-env-only): New variable.
diff --git a/manual/errno.texi b/manual/errno.texi
index 41d663978e..315320dfa8 100644
--- a/manual/errno.texi
+++ b/manual/errno.texi
@@ -1361,9 +1361,6 @@ given error code; the precise text varies from system to system.  With
 messages or embedded newlines.  Each error message begins with a capital
 letter and does not include any terminating punctuation.
 
-@strong{Compatibility Note:} The @code{strerror} function was introduced
-in @w{ISO C89}.  Many older C systems do not support this function yet.
-
 @cindex program name
 @cindex name of running program
 Many programs that don't read input from the terminal are designed to