Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 14:03:34 -0400 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: RFC: Change to sys_errlist Message-ID: <001901c34256$95e4db10$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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This is a RFC on a change to sys_errlist for errno = 0.
On Linux, if perror() or strerror() is called with errno = 0, the resulting
string is "Success".
On FreeBSD, the resulting string is "Unknown error: 0".
I think that FreeBSD's output is unintentionally confusing, as errno = 0
implies success.
The following patch will change the output to the Linux behaviour.
I appreciate any comments.
--- /usr/src/lib/libc/gen/errlst.c Sat Apr 24 14:28:24 1999
+++ errlst.c Fri Jul 4 13:53:27 2003
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
#include <stdio.h>
const char *const sys_errlist[] = {
- "Undefined error: 0", /* 0 - ENOERROR */
+ "Success", /* 0 - ENOERROR */
"Operation not permitted", /* 1 - EPERM */
"No such file or directory", /* 2 - ENOENT */
"No such process", /* 3 - ESRCH */
--
Matt Emmerton
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