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Re: error: avoid gcc warning


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: error: avoid gcc warning
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:08:30 +0200
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Eric Blake wrote on 2011-06-07:
> > It's because /usr/include/string.h on this system does not always declare
> > strerror_r (only if _REENTRANT or _THREAD_SAFE is defined). This fixes it
> > (without requiring the 'strerror_r' module).
> 
> This raises an interesting question.  The 'error' module should probably
> depend on strerror_r, not strerror.

But given that the 'strerror_r' module requires replacement code on many more
platforms, including glibc platforms, it feels like overkill. The current
situation is fine, IMO.

Bruno
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In memoriam Mona Mahmudnizhad <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Mahmudnizhad>



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