Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 17:19:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Porting question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970522171745.2087B-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <E0wUbGF-0000bf-00@rover.village.org>
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On Thu, 22 May 1997, Warner Losh wrote: > What's wrong with using strerror() instead? And hacking the makefiles > on really old crufty systems to include a short function that returns > things from sys_errlist? It is a heck of a lot more portable and much > easier to maintain. They are functionally the exact same thing. Use strerror if you want. I was trying to demonstrate the method I use to catch and fix changes. > > Warner > > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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