Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 15:03:50 -0400 From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> To: "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/xargs xargs.c Message-ID: <20020505150350.D52212@espresso.q9media.com> In-Reply-To: <200205050246.g452ksE42808@freefall.freebsd.org>; from jmallett@FreeBSD.org on Sat, May 04, 2002 at 07:46:54PM -0700 References: <200205050246.g452ksE42808@freefall.freebsd.org>
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J. Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> writes: > Change use of err(3) in situations where malloc(3) will be setting errno to > errx(3) since assuming malloc(3) sets errno is non-portable, and provides no > more useful information in the context of FreeBSD. Just to be clear, SUS did standardize ENOMEM, which is now part of POSIX.1-2001. Also, err(3) and errx(3) are unportable to begin with, so I don't think that's a valid argument. I agree that it provides no more useful information, with perhaps the exception of future locale- specific translations. Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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