2005-09-26  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
	[BZ #162]
	* manual/llio.texi (Waiting for I/O): Correct description of read
	conditions reported by select.
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2005-09-26 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
[BZ #162]
* manual/llio.texi (Waiting for I/O): Correct description of read
conditions reported by select.
2005-09-24 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
* inet/getnetgrent_r.c (innetgr): Call endfct even if result != 0.

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@ -1582,11 +1582,13 @@ descriptors are checked to see if they are ready for writing; and the
conditions. You can pass a null pointer for any of these arguments if
you are not interested in checking for that kind of condition.
A file descriptor is considered ready for reading if it is not at end of
file. A server socket is considered ready for reading if there is a
pending connection which can be accepted with @code{accept};
@pxref{Accepting Connections}. A client socket is ready for writing when
its connection is fully established; @pxref{Connecting}.
A file descriptor is considered ready for reading if a @code{read}
call will not block. This usually includes the read offset being at
the end of the file or there is an error to report. A server socket
is considered ready for reading if there is a pending connection which
can be accepted with @code{accept}; @pxref{Accepting Connections}. A
client socket is ready for writing when its connection is fully
established; @pxref{Connecting}.
``Exceptional conditions'' does not mean errors---errors are reported
immediately when an erroneous system call is executed, and do not