manual: drop strerror C89 compatibility note

Mentioning systems that are old and don't support C89 is probably
a waste of time nowadays.  Drop the note.

2015-03-05  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>

	* manual/errno.texi: Delete strerror ISO C89 compatibility note.
---
 manual/errno.texi | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

On 03/05/2015 02:14 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> Mentioning systems that are old and don't support C89 is probably
> a waste of time nowadays.  Drop the note.
> 
> 2015-03-05  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
> 
> 	* manual/errno.texi: Delete strerror ISO C89 compatibility note.

We use node names as functions to narrow down the change scope:

	* manual/errno.texi (Error Messages): Remove ISO C89 note.

> ---
>  manual/errno.texi | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/manual/errno.texi b/manual/errno.texi
> index 41d6639..315320d 100644
> --- a/manual/errno.texi
> +++ b/manual/errno.texi
> @@ -1361,9 +1361,6 @@ given error code; the precise text varies from system to system.  With
>  messages or embedded newlines.  Each error message begins with a capital
>  letter and does not include any terminating punctuation.
>  
> -@strong{Compatibility Note:} The @code{strerror} function was introduced
> -in @w{ISO C89}.  Many older C systems do not support this function yet.
> -
>  @cindex program name
>  @cindex name of running program
>  Many programs that don't read input from the terminal are designed to
> 

Agreed, it clutters the manual

c.

On 05 Mar 2015 15:47, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> On 03/05/2015 02:14 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > Mentioning systems that are old and don't support C89 is probably
> > a waste of time nowadays.  Drop the note.
> > 
> > 2015-03-05  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
> > 
> > 	* manual/errno.texi: Delete strerror ISO C89 compatibility note.
> 
> We use node names as functions to narrow down the change scope:
> 
> 	* manual/errno.texi (Error Messages): Remove ISO C89 note.

thanks ... i knew it was slightly wrong, but i couldn't remember how to get it 
right.  my eyes also are not trained for LaTeX.
-mike

On 03/06/2015 12:58 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On 05 Mar 2015 15:47, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>> On 03/05/2015 02:14 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> Mentioning systems that are old and don't support C89 is probably
>>> a waste of time nowadays.  Drop the note.
>>>
>>> 2015-03-05  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
>>>
>>> 	* manual/errno.texi: Delete strerror ISO C89 compatibility note.
>>
>> We use node names as functions to narrow down the change scope:
>>
>> 	* manual/errno.texi (Error Messages): Remove ISO C89 note.
> 
> thanks ... i knew it was slightly wrong, but i couldn't remember how to get it 
> right.  my eyes also are not trained for LaTeX.

Just to avoid any future confusion: it is texinfo, not latex.

c.