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Diffstat (limited to 'libguile/net_db.c')
-rw-r--r-- | libguile/net_db.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libguile/net_db.c b/libguile/net_db.c index 95f0040da..d7a12c50f 100644 --- a/libguile/net_db.c +++ b/libguile/net_db.c @@ -595,8 +595,10 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_getaddrinfo, "getaddrinfo", 1, 5, 0, "@item EAI_SOCKTYPE\n" "@var{hint_socktype} was not recognized.\n\n" "@item EAI_SYSTEM\n" - "A system error occurred; the error code can be found in " - "@code{errno}.\n" + "A system error occurred. In C, the error code can be found in " + "@code{errno}; this value is not accessible from Scheme, but in\n" + "practice it provides little information about the actual error " + "cause.\n\n" /* see <http://bugs.gnu.org/13958>. */ "@end table\n" "\n" "Users are encouraged to read the " |