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Re: error.c: "Unknown system error" should report errno value


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: error.c: "Unknown system error" should report errno value
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:34:10 -0700
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Martin Koeppe <address@hidden> writes:

> +      s = _("Unknown system error");
> +      fprintf (stderr, ": %s (errno=%d)", s, errnum);

I like the idea, but that "errno=" grates a bit, as user diagnostics
shouldn't be so low-level.  How about this instead?

  fprintf (stderr, _(": Unknown system error number %d"), errnum);




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