0001399: Typo in variable name (nogroups ==> ngroups)

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0001399	Issue 8 drafts	System Interfaces	public	2020-09-17 06:04	2020-09-17 08:31

Reporter	mkerrisk	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	Editorial	Type	Error
Status	Closed	Resolution	Withdrawn
Product Version	Draft 1

Name	Michael Kerrisk
Organization	man7.org
User Reference
Section	getgroups
Page Number	1024
Line Number	35217
Final Accepted Text


Summary	0001399: Typo in variable name (nogroups ==> ngroups)
Description	In the EXAMPLES section of getgroups(), there is the following: [[ gid_t group; int nogroups; long ngroups_max; ngroups_max = sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX) + 1; group = (gid_t )malloc(ngroups_max *sizeof(gid_t)); ngroups = getgroups(ngroups_max, group); ]] A variable called "nogroups" is declared, but later the variable used in line 35221 is called "ngroups". To fix this (in away that employs variable names that are also consistent with line 35218), "nogroups" should be changed to "ngroups". Note that the same issue is present in Issue 7, 2018 Edition.
Desired Action	In line 35217, change "nogroups" to "ngroups".
Tags	No tags attached.

Don Cragun 2020-09-17 06:28 manager bugnote:0004994 Last edited: 2020-09-17 06:29	0001399 and 0001400 identify the same problem in two versions of the standard. I believe that one of these bugs should be accepted with tags tc3-2008 and issue8 and the other one should be closed as a duplicate.

geoffclare 2020-09-17 08:01 manager bugnote:0004995	Re: 0001399:0004994 Alternatively, Michael could ask to withdraw this bug, which we could then do straight away, and would save us having to process both bugs in a teleconference. Just to be clear, the reason only one bug is needed here is not so much because it's the same problem but because the change needed to fix it is the same. In a case where the same problem would need different changes in TC3 and Issue 8, two bugs would be needed (unless the difference is simple enough to be covered in a "Note to the editor" in the editing instructions).

mkerrisk 2020-09-17 08:09 reporter bugnote:0004996	Please withdraw this bug. I was unsure of what the right process would be, since, although the fixes are the same, the line numbering is different. My apologies for creating the extra clutter.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2020-09-17 06:04	mkerrisk	New Issue
2020-09-17 06:04	mkerrisk	Name	=> Michael Kerrisk
2020-09-17 06:04	mkerrisk	Organization	=> man7.org
2020-09-17 06:04	mkerrisk	Section	=> getgroups
2020-09-17 06:04	mkerrisk	Page Number	=> 1024
2020-09-17 06:04	mkerrisk	Line Number	=> 35217
2020-09-17 06:28	Don Cragun	Note Added: 0004994
2020-09-17 06:29	Don Cragun	Relationship added	related to 0001400
2020-09-17 06:29	Don Cragun	Note Edited: 0004994
2020-09-17 08:01	geoffclare	Note Added: 0004995
2020-09-17 08:09	mkerrisk	Note Added: 0004996
2020-09-17 08:31	geoffclare	Status	New => Closed
2020-09-17 08:31	geoffclare	Resolution	Open => Withdrawn