elm 2.5.3 and glibc 2.1.93
H . J . Lu
hjl@lucon.org
Fri Sep 22 13:41:00 GMT 2000
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.
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