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Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:36:43 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen AT redhat DOT com>
To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>, newlib AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Subject: Re: ualarm() does not conform to
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In-Reply-To: <8D00C32549556B4E977F81DBC24E985D4100E1@crtsmail1.technol_exch.corp.riotinto.org>; from David.Billinghurst@riotinto.com on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:51:14PM -0000

On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:51:14PM -0000, Billinghurst, David (CRTS) wrote:
> Cygwin has recently acquired the ualarm function.  The function is declared
> in <sys/unistd.h> as
>  
> useconds_t _EXFUN(ualarm, (useconds_t __useconds));
> 
> This doesn't match the The Single UNIX Specification Version 2 at
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/ualarm.html, which wants
> 
> useconds_t ualarm(useconds_t useconds, useconds_t interval);

The latest newlib contains the correct definition.  It has been
corrected by John Peacock 4 days ago.

Corinna

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