Re: perror bug

[Bruno Haible]

> +# elif defined __sgi || (defined __sun && !defined _LP64) /* IRIX, Solaris 
> <= 9 32-bit */
> +
> +    /* For a valid error number, the system's strerror() function returns
> +       a pointer to a not copied string, not to a buffer.  */

Just for reference: How to find out whether a closed-source strerror()
function uses a buffer or not. Run this program and observe whether
all three addresses are the same or not.

===============================================================================
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main ()
{
  const char *msg1;
  const char *msg2;
  const char *msg3;

  msg1 = strerror (ENOENT);
  printf ("msg1 before: %p %s\n", msg1, msg1);
  msg2 = strerror (ENOTDIR);
  printf ("msg2 before: %p %s\n", msg2, msg2);
  msg3 = strerror (0);
  printf ("msg3 before: %p %s\n", msg3, msg3);

  strerror (ENOENT);
  strerror (ENOTDIR);
  strerror (0);

  printf ("msg1 after:  %s\n", msg1);
  printf ("msg2 after:  %s\n", msg2);
  printf ("msg3 after:  %s\n", msg3);

  return 0;
}
===============================================================================
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