move gai_strerror into its own page, and make the get* pages more readable;

prompted by henning;

ok henning@ itojun@

4 files changed, 277 insertions, 226 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libc/net/Makefile.inc b/src/lib/libc/net/Makefile.inc
index 8b34f57926..79bfbb6b91 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/net/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/lib/libc/net/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#       $OpenBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.34 2004/10/26 17:20:36 espie Exp $
+#       $OpenBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.35 2004/12/06 10:46:35 jmc Exp $
 
 # net sources
 .PATH: ${LIBCSRCDIR}/arch/${MACHINE_ARCH}/net ${LIBCSRCDIR}/net
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ SRCS+=	ip6opt.c rthdr.c vars6.c
 
 .include "${LIBCSRCDIR}/arch/${MACHINE_ARCH}/net/Makefile.inc"
 
-MAN+=   byteorder.3 ethers.3 getaddrinfo.3 gethostbyname.3 getifaddrs.3 \
-        getnameinfo.3 getnetent.3 getprotoent.3 getservent.3 inet.3 \
-        if_indextoname.3 inet_net.3 link_addr.3 ns.3 ipx.3 \
-        rcmd.3 rcmdsh.3 resolver.3 net_addrcmp.3 \
-        inet6_option_space.3 inet6_rthdr_space.3 \
-        getrrsetbyname.3
+MAN+=   byteorder.3 ethers.3 gai_strerror.3 getaddrinfo.3 gethostbyname.3 \
+        getifaddrs.3 getnameinfo.3 getnetent.3 getprotoent.3 \
+        getrrsetbyname.3 getservent.3 if_indextoname.3 inet.3 \
+        inet_net.3 inet6_option_space.3 inet6_rthdr_space.3 \
+        ipx.3 link_addr.3 net_addrcmp.3 ns.3 \
+        rcmd.3 rcmdsh.3 resolver.3
 
 MLINKS+=byteorder.3 htonl.3 byteorder.3 htons.3 byteorder.3 ntohl.3 \
         byteorder.3 ntohs.3 byteorder.3 htobe16.3 byteorder.3 htobe32.3 \
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ MLINKS+=byteorder.3 htonl.3 byteorder.3 htons.3 byteorder.3 ntohl.3 \
         byteorder.3 swap64.3
 MLINKS+=ethers.3 ether_aton.3 ethers.3 ether_hostton.3 ethers.3 ether_line.3 \
         ethers.3 ether_ntoa.3 ethers.3 ether_ntohost.3 ethers.3 ether_addr.3
-MLINKS+= getaddrinfo.3 freeaddrinfo.3 getaddrinfo.3 gai_strerror.3
+MLINKS+=getaddrinfo.3 freeaddrinfo.3
 MLINKS+=gethostbyname.3 endhostent.3 gethostbyname.3 gethostbyaddr.3 \
         gethostbyname.3 sethostent.3 gethostbyname.3 gethostent.3 \
         gethostbyname.3 herror.3 gethostbyname.3 gethostbyname2.3 \
diff --git a/src/lib/libc/net/gai_strerror.3 b/src/lib/libc/net/gai_strerror.3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75eb1517f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/libc/net/gai_strerror.3
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+.\"     $OpenBSD: gai_strerror.3,v 1.1 2004/12/06 10:46:35 jmc Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993
+.\"     The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\"    without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.Dd December 3, 2004
+.Dt GAI_STRERROR 3
+.Os
+.\"
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm gai_strerror
+.Nd return EAI_xxx error message
+.\"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
+.Fd #include <sys/socket.h>
+.Fd #include <netdb.h>
+.Ft "char *"
+.Fn gai_strerror "int ecode"
+.\"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+To aid applications in printing error messages based on the
+.Dv EAI_xxx
+codes returned by
+.Xr getaddrinfo 3
+and
+.Xr getnameinfo 3 ,
+.Fn gai_strerror
+is defined.
+The argument is one of the
+.Dv EAI_xxx
+values detailed below
+and the return value points to a string describing the error.
+If the argument is not one of the
+.Dv EAI_xxx
+values,
+the function still returns a pointer to a string whose contents
+indicate an unknown error.
+.Pp
+The error return status from
+.Xr getaddrinfo 3
+and
+.Xr getnameinfo 3
+is zero on success and non-zero on errors.
+Non-zero error codes are defined in
+.Aq Pa netdb.h ,
+and are as follows:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "EAI_ADDRFAMILYXX" -offset indent -compact
+.It Dv EAI_ADDRFAMILY
+Address family for
+.Fa nodename
+not supported.
+.It Dv EAI_AGAIN
+Temporary failure in name resolution.
+.It Dv EAI_BADFLAGS
+Invalid value for
+.Fa ai_flags .
+.It Dv EAI_BADHINTS
+Invalid value for hints.
+.It Dv EAI_FAIL
+Non-recoverable failure in name resolution.
+.It Dv EAI_FAMILY
+.Fa ai_family
+not supported.
+.It Dv EAI_MEMORY
+Memory allocation failure.
+.It Dv EAI_NODATA
+No address associated with
+.Fa nodename .
+.It Dv EAI_NONAME
+.Fa nodename
+nor
+.Fa servname
+provided, or not known.
+.It Dv EAI_PROTOCOL
+Resolved protocol is unknown.
+.It Dv EAI_SERVICE
+.Fa servname
+not supported for
+.Fa ai_socktype .
+.It Dv EAI_SOCKTYPE
+.Fa ai_socktype
+not supported.
+.It Dv EAI_SYSTEM
+System error returned in
+.Va errno .
+.El
+.\"
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr getaddrinfo 3 ,
+.Xr getnameinfo 3
+.Sh HISTORY
+The implementation first appeared in WIDE Hydrangea IPv6 protocol stack kit.
diff --git a/src/lib/libc/net/getaddrinfo.3 b/src/lib/libc/net/getaddrinfo.3
index ed8b082970..e74fdf6ed7 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/net/getaddrinfo.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/net/getaddrinfo.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"     $OpenBSD: getaddrinfo.3,v 1.28 2004/04/14 10:06:03 jmc Exp $
+.\"     $OpenBSD: getaddrinfo.3,v 1.29 2004/12/06 10:46:35 jmc Exp $
 .\"     $KAME: getaddrinfo.3,v 1.29 2001/02/12 09:24:45 itojun Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
 .\"
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm getaddrinfo ,
-.Nm freeaddrinfo ,
-.Nm gai_strerror
+.Nm freeaddrinfo
 .Nd nodename-to-address translation in protocol-independent manner
 .\"
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
@@ -49,8 +48,6 @@
 "const struct addrinfo *hints" "struct addrinfo **res"
 .Ft void
 .Fn freeaddrinfo "struct addrinfo *ai"
-.Ft "char *"
-.Fn gai_strerror "int ecode"
 .\"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
@@ -62,6 +59,67 @@ and
 .Xr getservbyname 3 ,
 but in a more sophisticated manner.
 .Pp
+All of the information returned by
+.Fn getaddrinfo
+is dynamically allocated:
+the
+.Li addrinfo
+structures, the socket address structures, and canonical node name
+strings pointed to by the addrinfo structures.
+To return this information to the system the function
+.Fn freeaddrinfo
+is called.
+The
+.Fa addrinfo
+structure pointed to by the
+.Fa ai
+argument is freed,
+along with any dynamic storage pointed to by the structure.
+This operation is repeated until a
+.Dv NULL
+.Fa ai_next
+pointer is encountered.
+.Pp
+To aid applications in printing error messages based on the
+.Dv EAI_xxx
+codes returned by
+.Fn getaddrinfo ,
+.Fn gai_strerror
+is defined.
+See
+.Xr gai_strerror 3
+for more information.
+.Pp
+The implementation allows experimental numeric IPv6 address notation with
+scope identifier.
+By appending the percent character and scope identifier to addresses,
+you can fill the
+.Li sin6_scope_id
+field for addresses.
+This would make management of scoped address easier,
+and allows cut-and-paste input of scoped address.
+.Pp
+At this moment the code supports only link-local addresses with the format.
+Scope identifier is hardcoded to the name of the hardware interface associated
+with the link
+.Po
+such as
+.Li ne0
+.Pc .
+An example is
+.Dq Li fe80::1%ne0 ,
+which means
+.Do
+.Li fe80::1
+on the link associated with the
+.Li ne0
+interface
+.Dc .
+.Pp
+The IPv6 implementation is still very experimental and non-standard.
+The current implementation assumes a one-to-one relationship between
+the interface and link, which is not necessarily true from the specification.
+.Pp
 The
 .Li addrinfo
 structure is defined as a result of including the
@@ -168,7 +226,7 @@ structure the three members
 and
 .Fa ai_protocol
 are the corresponding arguments for a call to the
-.Fn socket
+.Xr socket 2
 function.
 In each
 .Li addrinfo
@@ -179,15 +237,17 @@ specified by the
 .Fa ai_addrlen
 member.
 .Pp
+The
+.Fa ai_flags
+argument can be set to any of the following values, OR'd together:
+.Bl -tag -width "AI_NUMERICHOSTXX"
+.It AI_PASSIVE
 If the
 .Dv AI_PASSIVE
-bit is set in the
-.Fa ai_flags
-member of the
-.Fa hints
-structure, then the caller plans to use the returned socket address
+bit is set,
+the caller plans to use the returned socket address
 structure in a call to
-.Fn bind .
+.Xr bind 2 .
 In this case, if the
 .Fa nodename
 argument is a null pointer, then the IP address portion of the socket
@@ -199,73 +259,64 @@ for an IPv6 address.
 .Pp
 If the
 .Dv AI_PASSIVE
-bit is not set in the
-.Fa ai_flags
-member of the
-.Fa hints
-structure, then the returned socket address structure will be ready for a
+bit is not set,
+the returned socket address structure will be ready for a
 call to
-.Fn connect
+.Xr connect 2
 .Pq for a connection-oriented protocol
 or either
-.Fn connect ,
-.Fn sendto ,
+.Xr connect 2 ,
+.Xr sendto 2 ,
 or
-.Fn sendmsg
+.Xr sendmsg 2
 .Pq for a connectionless protocol .
 In this case, if the
 .Fa nodename
 argument is a null pointer, then the IP address portion of the
 socket address structure will be set to the loopback address.
-.Pp
+.It AI_CANONNAME
 If the
 .Dv AI_CANONNAME
-bit is set in the
-.Fa ai_flags
-member of the
-.Fa hints
-structure, then upon successful return the
+bit is set,
+then upon successful return the
 .Fa ai_canonname
 member of the first
 .Li addrinfo
 structure in the linked list will point to a NUL-terminated string
 containing the canonical name of the specified
 .Fa nodename .
-.Pp
+.It AI_NUMERICHOST
 If the
 .Dv AI_NUMERICHOST
-bit is set in the
-.Fa ai_flags
-member of the
-.Fa hints
-structure, then a non-null
+bit is set,
+then a non-null
 .Fa nodename
 string must be a numeric host address string.
 Otherwise an error of
 .Dv EAI_NONAME
 is returned.
-This flag prevents any type of name resolution service (e.g., the DNS)
+This flag prevents any type of name resolution service,
+such as DNS,
 from being called.
-.Pp
+.It AI_NUMERICSERV
 If the
 .Dv AI_NUMERICSERV
-bit is set in the
-.Fa ai_flags
-member of the
-.Fa hints
-structure, then a non-null
+bit is set,
+then a non-null
 .Fa servname
 string must be a numeric port string.
 Otherwise an error of
 .Dv EAI_NONAME
 is returned.
-This flag prevents any type of name resolution service (e.g., the NIS)
+This flag prevents any type of name resolution service,
+such as NIS,
 from being called.
+.El
 .Pp
 The arguments to
 .Fn getaddrinfo
-must sufficiently be consistent and unambiguous.
-Here are pitfall cases you may encounter:
+must be sufficiently consistent and unambiguous.
+Issues to watch out for are:
 .Bl -bullet
 .It
 .Fn getaddrinfo
@@ -322,72 +373,13 @@ does not identify any socket type, and
 .Fn getaddrinfo
 is not allowed to glob the argument in such case.
 .El
-.Pp
-All of the information returned by
-.Fn getaddrinfo
-is dynamically allocated:
-the
-.Li addrinfo
-structures, the socket address structures, and canonical node name
-strings pointed to by the addrinfo structures.
-To return this information to the system the function
-.Fn freeaddrinfo
-is called.
-The
-.Fa addrinfo
-structure pointed to by the
-.Fa ai argument
-is freed, along with any dynamic storage pointed to by the structure.
-This operation is repeated until a
-.Dv NULL
-.Fa ai_next
-pointer is encountered.
-.Pp
-To aid applications in printing error messages based on the
-.Dv EAI_xxx
-codes returned by
-.Fn getaddrinfo ,
-.Fn gai_strerror
-is defined.
-The argument is one of the
-.Dv EAI_xxx
-values defined earlier and the return value points to a string describing
-the error.
-If the argument is not one of the
-.Dv EAI_xxx
-values, the function still returns a pointer to a string whose contents
-indicate an unknown error.
 .\"
-.Ss Extension for scoped IPv6 address
-The implementation allows experimental numeric IPv6 address notation with
-scope identifier.
-By appending the percent character and scope identifier to addresses,
-you can fill the
-.Li sin6_scope_id
-field for addresses.
-This would make management of scoped address easier,
-and allows cut-and-paste input of scoped address.
-.Pp
-At this moment the code supports only link-local addresses with the format.
-Scope identifier is hardcoded to the name of the hardware interface associated
-with the link.
-.Po
-such as
-.Li ne0
-.Pc .
-An example is
-.Dq Li fe80::1%ne0 ,
-which means
-.Do
-.Li fe80::1
-on the link associated with the
-.Li ne0
-interface
-.Dc .
-.Pp
-The implementation is still very experimental and non-standard.
-The current implementation assumes a one-to-one relationship between
-the interface and link, which is not necessarily true from the specification.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Fn getaddrinfo
+returns zero on success, and non-zero on errors.
+See
+.Xr gai_strerror 3
+for a description of the non-zero error codes.
 .\"
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 The following code tries to connect to
@@ -489,60 +481,8 @@ if (nsock == 0) {
 freeaddrinfo(res0);
 .Ed
 .\"
-.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
-Error return status from
-.Fn getaddrinfo
-is zero on success and non-zero on errors.
-Non-zero error codes are defined in
-.Aq Pa netdb.h ,
-and as follows:
-.Pp
-.Bl -tag -width EAI_ADDRFAMILY -compact
-.It Dv EAI_ADDRFAMILY
-Address family for
-.Fa nodename
-not supported.
-.It Dv EAI_AGAIN
-Temporary failure in name resolution.
-.It Dv EAI_BADFLAGS
-Invalid value for
-.Fa ai_flags .
-.It Dv EAI_FAIL
-Non-recoverable failure in name resolution.
-.It Dv EAI_FAMILY
-.Fa ai_family
-not supported.
-.It Dv EAI_MEMORY
-Memory allocation failure.
-.It Dv EAI_NODATA
-No address associated with
-.Fa nodename .
-.It Dv EAI_NONAME
-.Fa nodename
-nor
-.Fa servname
-provided, or not known.
-.It Dv EAI_SERVICE
-.Fa servname
-not supported for
-.Fa ai_socktype .
-.It Dv EAI_SOCKTYPE
-.Fa ai_socktype
-not supported.
-.It Dv EAI_SYSTEM
-System error returned in
-.Va errno .
-.El
-.Pp
-If called with proper argument,
-.Fn gai_strerror
-returns a pointer to a string describing the given error code.
-If the argument is not one of the
-.Dv EAI_xxx
-values, the function still returns a pointer to a string whose contents
-indicate an unknown error.
-.\"
 .Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr gai_strerror 3 ,
 .Xr gethostbyname 3 ,
 .Xr getnameinfo 3 ,
 .Xr getservbyname 3 ,
@@ -589,5 +529,3 @@ The implementation first appeared in WIDE Hydrangea IPv6 protocol stack kit.
 .\"
 .Sh BUGS
 The current implementation is not thread-safe.
-.Pp
-The text was shamelessly copied from RFC 2553.
diff --git a/src/lib/libc/net/getnameinfo.3 b/src/lib/libc/net/getnameinfo.3
index 3b3a0fd290..c01646c8a7 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/net/getnameinfo.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/net/getnameinfo.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"     $OpenBSD: getnameinfo.3,v 1.27 2003/08/28 10:16:38 jmc Exp $
+.\"     $OpenBSD: getnameinfo.3,v 1.28 2004/12/06 10:46:35 jmc Exp $
 .\"     $KAME: getnameinfo.3,v 1.20 2001/01/05 13:37:37 itojun Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993
@@ -64,6 +64,24 @@ strings for both in buffers provided by the caller.
 The function indicates successful completion by a zero return value;
 a non-zero return value indicates failure.
 .Pp
+To aid applications in printing error messages based on the
+.Dv EAI_xxx
+codes returned by
+.Fn getnameinfo ,
+.Fn gai_strerror
+is defined.
+See
+.Xr gai_strerror 3
+for more information.
+.Pp
+The implementation allows experimental numeric IPv6 address notation with
+scope identifier.
+IPv6 link-local address will appear as a string like
+.Dq Li fe80::1%ne0 .
+Refer to
+.Xr getaddrinfo 3
+for the notation.
+.Pp
 The first argument,
 .Fa sa ,
 points to either a
@@ -106,7 +124,7 @@ maximum size of either a fully-qualified domain name or a service name.
 Therefore to aid the application in allocating buffers for these two
 returned strings the following constants are defined in
 .Aq Pa netdb.h :
-.Bd -literal -offset
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
 #define NI_MAXHOST    MAXHOSTNAMELEN
 #define NI_MAXSERV    32
 .Ed
@@ -122,30 +140,41 @@ Assigned Numbers RFC.
 The final argument is a
 .Fa flag
 that changes the default actions of this function.
+The flags are defined in
+.Aq Pa netdb.h
+and are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width "NI_NUMERICHOSTXX"
+.It Dv NI_NOFQDN
 By default the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) for the host is
-looked up in the DNS and returned.
+looked up using DNS and returned.
 If the flag bit
 .Dv NI_NOFQDN
 is set, only the nodename portion of the FQDN is returned for local hosts.
-.Pp
+.It Dv NI_NUMERICHOST
 If the
 .Fa flag
 bit
 .Dv NI_NUMERICHOST
-is set, or if the host's name cannot be located in the DNS,
+is set, or if the host's name cannot be located using DNS,
 the numeric form of the host's address is returned instead of its name
 .Po
 e.g., by calling
-.Fn inet_ntop
+.Xr inet_ntop 3
 instead of
-.Fn gethostbyaddr
+.Xr gethostbyaddr 3
 .Pc .
+The two
+.Dv NI_NUMERICxxx
+flags are required to support the
+.Fl n
+flag that many commands provide.
+.It Dv NI_NAMEREQD
 If the
 .Fa flag
 bit
 .Dv NI_NAMEREQD
-is set, an error is returned if the host's name cannot be located in the DNS.
-.Pp
+is set, an error is returned if the host's name cannot be located using DNS.
+.It Dv NI_NUMERICSERV
 If the flag bit
 .Dv NI_NUMERICSERV
 is set, the numeric form of the service address is returned
@@ -156,35 +185,29 @@ The two
 flags are required to support the
 .Fl n
 flag that many commands provide.
-.Pp
+.It Dv NI_DGRAM
 A fifth flag bit,
 .Dv NI_DGRAM ,
 specifies that the service is a datagram service, and causes
-.Fn getservbyport
+.Xr getservbyport 3
 to be called with a second argument of
 .Qq udp
 instead of its default of
 .Qq tcp .
 This is required for the few ports (512-514)
 that have different services for UDP and TCP.
-.Pp
-These
-.Dv NI_xxx
-flags are defined in
-.Aq Pa netdb.h .
+.El
 .\"
-.Ss Extension for scoped IPv6 address
-The implementation allows experimental numeric IPv6 address notation with
-scope identifier.
-IPv6 link-local address will appear as a string like
-.Dq Li fe80::1%ne0 .
-Refer to
-.Xr getaddrinfo 3
-for the notation.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Fn getnameinfo
+returns zero on success, and non-zero on errors.
+See
+.Xr gai_strerror 3
+for a description of the non-zero error codes.
 .\"
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 The following code tries to get a numeric hostname, and service name,
-for given socket address.
+for a given socket address.
 Observe that there is no hardcoded reference to a particular address family.
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 struct sockaddr *sa;    /* input */
@@ -198,7 +221,7 @@ if (getnameinfo(sa, sa->sa_len, hbuf, sizeof(hbuf), sbuf,
 printf("host=%s, serv=%s\en", hbuf, sbuf);
 .Ed
 .Pp
-The following version checks if the socket address has reverse address mapping.
+The following version checks if the socket address has reverse address mapping:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 struct sockaddr *sa;    /* input */
 char hbuf[NI_MAXHOST];
@@ -211,34 +234,8 @@ if (getnameinfo(sa, sa->sa_len, hbuf, sizeof(hbuf), NULL, 0,
 printf("host=%s\en", hbuf);
 .Ed
 .\"
-.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
-The function indicates successful completion by a zero return value;
-a non-zero return value indicates failure.
-Error codes are as below:
-.Bl -tag -width Er
-.It Dv EAI_AGAIN
-The name could not be resolved at this time.
-Future attempts may succeed.
-.It Dv EAI_BADFLAGS
-The flags had an invalid value.
-.It Dv EAI_FAIL
-A non-recoverable error occurred.
-.It Dv EAI_FAMILY
-The address family was not recognized or the address length was invalid
-for the specified family.
-.It Dv EAI_MEMORY
-There was a memory allocation failure.
-.It Dv EAI_NONAME
-The name does not resolve for the supplied parameters.
-.Dv NI_NAMEREQD
-is set and the host's name cannot be located,
-or both nodename and servname were null.
-.It Dv EAI_SYSTEM
-A system error occurred.
-The error code can be found in errno.
-.El
-.\"
 .Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr gai_strerror 3 ,
 .Xr getaddrinfo 3 ,
 .Xr gethostbyaddr 3 ,
 .Xr getservbyport 3 ,
@@ -340,8 +337,6 @@ if (error == 0) {
 .Sh BUGS
 The current implementation is not thread-safe.
 .Pp
-The text was shamelessly copied from RFC 2553.
-.Pp
 .Ox
 intentionally uses a different
 .Dv NI_MAXHOST