ether_aton.3: Make description of ether_line() bug a little more informative

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2014-06-20 07:41:03 +02:00
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@ -125,26 +125,34 @@ struct ether_addr {
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.SH ATTRIBUTES
.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
The
.BR ether_aton ()
and
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.ad l
.TS
allbox;
lbw33 lb lb
l l l.
Interface Attribute Value
T{
.BR ether_aton (),
.BR ether_ntoa ()
functions are not thread-safe.
.LP
The
T} Thread safety MT-Unsafe
T{
.BR ether_ntohost (),
.BR ether_hostton (),
.BR ether_line (),
.BR ether_ntoa_r ()
and
.BR ether_ntoa_r (),
.BR ether_aton_r ()
functions are thread-safe.
T} Thread safety MT-Safe
.TE
.ad
.SH CONFORMING TO
4.3BSD, SunOS.
.SH BUGS
The glibc 2.2.5 implementation of
In glibc 2.2.5 and earlier, the implementation of
.BR ether_line ()
.\" The fix was presumably commit c0a0f9a32c8baa6ab93d00eb42d92c02e9e146d7
.\" which was in glibc 2.3
is broken.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ethers (5)