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diff --git a/manual/socket.texi b/manual/socket.texi index 025abcf58a..14d1644d31 100644 --- a/manual/socket.texi +++ b/manual/socket.texi @@ -328,27 +328,26 @@ corresponding namespace. Here is a list of address format names: @table @code @comment sys/socket.h -@comment GNU -@item AF_FILE -@vindex AF_FILE -This designates the address format that goes with the file namespace. -(@code{PF_FILE} is the name of that namespace.) @xref{Local Namespace +@comment POSIX +@item AF_LOCAL +@vindex AF_LOCAL +This designates the address format that goes with the local namespace. +(@code{PF_LOCAL} is the name of that namespace.) @xref{Local Namespace Details}, for information about this address format. @comment sys/socket.h @comment BSD @item AF_UNIX @vindex AF_UNIX -This is a synonym for @code{AF_FILE}, for compatibility. -(@code{PF_UNIX} is likewise a synonym for @code{PF_FILE}.) +This is a synonym for @code{AF_LOCAL}, for compatibility. +(@code{PF_UNIX} is likewise a synonym for @code{PF_LOCAL}.) @comment sys/socket.h -@comment BSD -@item AF_UNIX -@vindex AF_LOCAL -This is another synonym for @code{AF_FILE}, for compatibility. -(@code{PF_LOCAL} is likewise a synonym for @code{PF_FILE}.) -@strong{POSIX? XXX} +@comment GNU +@item AF_FILE +@vindex AF_FILE +This is another synonym for @code{AF_LOCAL}, for compatibility. +(@code{PF_FILE} is likewise a synonym for @code{PF_LOCAL}.) @comment sys/socket.h @comment BSD @@ -483,7 +482,7 @@ might be @code{lo} (the loopback interface) and @code{eth0} (the first Ethernet interface). Although such names are convenient for humans, it would be clumsy to -have to use them whenever a program needed to refer to an interface. In +have to use them whenever a program needs to refer to an interface. In such situations an interface is referred to by its @dfn{index}, which is an arbitrarily-assigned small positive integer. @@ -1953,7 +1952,7 @@ connection in progress (see @code{EINPROGRESS} above). This function is defined as a cancelation point in multi-threaded programs. So one has to be prepared for this and make sure that possibly allocated resources (like memory, files descriptors, -semaphores or whatever) are freed even if the thread is cancel. +semaphores or whatever) are freed even if the thread is canceled. @c @xref{pthread_cleanup_push}, for a method how to do this. @end deftypefun |