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(error): Don't use strerror_r's return value.
author Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
date Sun, 15 Nov 1998 17:35:34 +0000
parents 8c500fb51a98
children d740a9259a2f
files lib/error.c
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lib/error.c	Sat Nov 14 13:23:08 1998 +0000
+++ b/lib/error.c	Sun Nov 15 17:35:34 1998 +0000
@@ -152,7 +152,10 @@
     {
 #if defined HAVE_STRERROR_R || defined _LIBC
       char errbuf[1024];
-      fprintf (stderr, ": %s", __strerror_r (errnum, errbuf, sizeof errbuf));
+      /* Don't use __strerror_r's return value because on some systems
+	 (at least DEC UNIX 4.0[A-D]) strerror_r returns `int'.  */
+      __strerror_r (errnum, errbuf, sizeof errbuf);
+      fprintf (stderr, ": %s", errbuf);
 #else
       fprintf (stderr, ": %s", strerror (errnum));
 #endif