From: tholo <tholo@openbsd.org>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 18:09:52 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Be a bit more specific about EINVAL and negative offsets.
X-Git-Url: http://artulab.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bc72aec4d673edfb6108c8c7d60da253e2804013;p=openbsd

Be a bit more specific about EINVAL and negative offsets.
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/lseek.2 b/lib/libc/sys/lseek.2
index 9a4f2b89753..f32bc5490b7 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/lseek.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/lseek.2
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ is not an open file descriptor.
 is associated with a pipe, socket, or FIFO.
 .It Bq Er EINVAL
 .Fa Whence
-is not a proper value or the resulting offset would be negative.
+is not a proper value or the resulting offset would be negative
+on a file system or special device that does not allow negative
+offsets to be used.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr dup 2 ,