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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1999-09-28 14:48:43 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1999-09-28 14:48:43 +0000
commita7047bf6475aaf0e27a94cfd3a0b71935841ec73 (patch)
tree45f4235a06f0098056039e1380bbe35b1f0d6976 /lib
parent6f3516dc9775c3082c91bd64e5b17fe4c75f4358 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-a7047bf6475aaf0e27a94cfd3a0b71935841ec73.tar.xz
(error_at_line): Use strerror portably here, too,
just as was done in error.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/error.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/error.c b/lib/error.c
index 4eff5d0f9..53b650c57 100644
--- a/lib/error.c
+++ b/lib/error.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* Error handler for noninteractive utilities
- Copyright (C) 1990,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1990,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98, 99 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library. Its master source is NOT part of
the C library, however. The master source lives in /gd/gnu/lib.
@@ -230,7 +230,10 @@ error_at_line (status, errnum, file_name, line_number, message, va_alist)
{
#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