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Subject: Missing man page: pthread_yield
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>Number:         17470
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Missing man page: pthread_yield
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    jasone
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Mar 18 08:00:02 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:    Mon Nov 6 18:49:58 PST 2000
>Last-Modified:  Mon Nov  6 18:52:30 PST 2000
>Originator:     Randall Hopper
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
self
>Environment:

	Stock 3.4-RELEASE.

>Description:

	pthread_yield is apparently supported, though there is no
        man page.  

        POSIX doesn't support this AFAIK but rather prefers sched_yield.
        If FreeBSD continues to support pthread_yield, we probably should
        add a man page.
        

>How-To-Repeat:

	"/usr/bin/man pthread_yield"

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-doc->jasone 
Responsible-Changed-By: jasone 
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Oct 23 14:38:35 PDT 2000 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Over to maintainer. 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: jasone 
State-Changed-When: Mon Nov 6 18:49:58 PST 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
pthread_yield() is deprecated (part of a draft POSIX standard), and will at 
some point be completely removed.  For the time being, adding documentation 
for a deprecated interface doesn't seem worth the trouble. 
>Unformatted:
