From 69d4f1c761291d2c33c4b22454877402465b2c48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <tb@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 20:03:34 -0800
Subject: Import Debian changes 3a2-3

slib (3a2-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Brought all source files up-to-date with upstream CVS.
  Repeat changes from version 3a2-1 in Makefile.
---
 lineio.scm | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

(limited to 'lineio.scm')

diff --git a/lineio.scm b/lineio.scm
index 9b5d641..2b18cf2 100644
--- a/lineio.scm
+++ b/lineio.scm
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@
 ;;a temporary file.  @0 calls @code{system} with @1 as argument,
 ;;redirecting stdout to file @2.  @0 returns a string containing the
 ;;first line of output from @2.
+;;
+;;@0 is intended to be a portable method for getting one-line results
+;;from programs like @code{pwd}, @code{whoami}, @code{hostname},
+;;@code{which}, @code{identify}, and @code{cksum}.  Its behavior when
+;;called with programs which generate lots of output is unspecified.
 (define (system->line command . tmp)
   (require 'filename)
   (cond ((null? tmp)
-- 
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