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[Bug libc/840] strerror_r() not conforming to SUSv3
- From: "gwesp at flyelite dot ch" <sourceware-bugzilla at sources dot redhat dot com>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 2 Jun 2005 08:13:05 -0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/840] strerror_r() not conforming to SUSv3
- References: <20050411165259.840.gwesp@flyelite.ch>
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------- Additional Comments From gwesp at flyelite dot ch 2005-06-02 08:13 -------
Needless to say that for any serious and efficient kind of SW engineering, it is
completely out of question to have the user scan the header files (!) in order to
be able to find details which should be in the documentation. I acknowledge that
I should have defined POSIX_C_SOURCE, but the manual is clearly misleading in that
it gives the impression that the GNU version of strerror_r() is the only one
present.
IMHO the non-standard GNU version should be renamed to gnu_strerror_r() or
similar to avoid confusion. Otherwise, hundreds of developers will stumble into
the same trap in the future.
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