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@c -*-texinfo-*-
@c This is part of the GNU Guile Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
-@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007,
+@c 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file guile.texi for copying conditions.
@node POSIX
@@ -2502,9 +2502,9 @@ Either @var{name} does not resolve for the supplied parameters,
or neither @var{name} nor @var{service} were supplied.
@item EAI_NODATA
-This non-POSIX error code can be returned on GNU systems when a
-request was actually made but returned no data, meaning
-that no address is associated with @var{name}. Error handling
+This non-POSIX error code can be returned on some systems (GNU
+and Darwin, at least), for example when @var{name} is known
+but requests that were made turned out no data. Error handling
code should be prepared to handle it when it is defined.
@item EAI_SERVICE