wait(2): Add some possible caveats to standards section.

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Jilles Tjoelker 2013-09-07 11:41:52 +00:00
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@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)wait.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd November 10, 2012
.Dd September 7, 2013
.Dt WAIT 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -604,9 +604,23 @@ are not specified by POSIX.
The
.Fn WCOREDUMP
macro
and the ability to restart a pending
.Fn wait
call are extensions to the POSIX interface.
is an extension to the POSIX interface.
.Pp
The ability to use the
.Dv WNOWAIT
flag with
.Fn waitpid
is an extension;
.Tn POSIX
only permits this flag with
.Fn waitid .
.Pp
.Tn POSIX
requires
.Fn waitid
to return the full 32 bits passed to
.Xr _exit 2 ;
this implementation only returns 8 bits like in the other calls.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn wait