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Add a Standards section, claiming conformance to IEEE Std. 1003.1-2001.
Also add a note to the Bugs section pointing out that strerror() and perror() share the same static buffer.
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.\" @(#)strerror.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd November 26, 2001
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.Dd October 22, 2002
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.Dt STRERROR 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr intro 2 ,
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.Xr psignal 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn perror ,
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.Fn strerror
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and
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.Fn strerror_r
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functions conform to
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.St -p1003.1-2001 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn strerror
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function will return its result in a static buffer which
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may be overwritten by subsequent calls.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn perror
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function is implemented in terms of
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.Fn strerror ,
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hence it uses the same static buffer.
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This behaviour is forbidden by
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.St -isoC-99 .
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.Pp
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Programs that use the deprecated
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.Va sys_errlist
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variable often fail to compile because they declare it
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