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Diffstat (limited to 'misc/error.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | misc/error.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/misc/error.c b/misc/error.c index ca7f3b4..2af2cc5 100644 --- a/misc/error.c +++ b/misc/error.c @@ -157,7 +157,10 @@ error (status, errnum, 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 |