Re: elm 2.5.3 and glibc 2.1.93

["H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>]

On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 03:29:10PM -0500, Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> 
> "H . J . Lu" wrote:
> > The initial value of @code{errno} at program startup is zero.  Many
> > library functions are guaranteed to set it to certain nonzero values
> > when they encounter certain kinds of errors.  These error conditions are
> > listed for each function.  These functions do not change @code{errno}
> > when they succeed;
> > ---
> > 
> > I have quoted it in my previous email. Did I read it wrong?
> 
> Nope, I apologize -- but that last sentence is both bad and wrong, IMHO.
> 

Right or wrong. It is the documented glibc behavior and used to be
accurates. If we changed it, some applications may not work right.


H.J.