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Work around cygwin 1.5.25 strsignal bug. * tests/test-strsignal.c: Allow for const char *. * doc/glibc-functions/strsignal.texi (strsignal): Document the bug. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
author Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
date Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:50:06 -0600
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@node strsignal
@subsection @code{strsignal}
@findex strsignal

Gnulib module: strsignal

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
AIX 4.3.2, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, mingw.

@item
This function does not return a string for out-of-range numbers on
some platforms:
Solaris, AIX 5.1.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
This function returns @code{const char *} instead of @code{char *} on
some platforms:
cygwin 1.5.25.
@end itemize