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[Bug libc/12805] GNU strerror_r should always populate buf


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12805

Rich Felker <bugdal at aerifal dot cx> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Rich Felker <bugdal at aerifal dot cx> 2011-06-11 03:26:22 UTC ---
The incompatible versions of strerror_r and their ugly behavior of requiring a
caller-provided buffer for what should be .rodata strings can be avoided
entirely by using the (POSIX 2008) strerror_l function. Thus I tend to agree
there's no sense in trying to fix/improve strerror_r.

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