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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