if (msg)
return (char *) msg;
+ /* FreeBSD rejects 0; see http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=382.
+ MacOS X 10.5 does not distinguish 0 from -1. */
+ if (n)
+ msg = strerror (n);
+ else
+ {
+ int saved_errno = errno;
+ errno = 0;
+ msg = strerror (n);
+ if (errno || (msg &&
+ (strstr (msg, "nknown") || strstr (msg, "ndefined"))))
+ msg = "Success";
+ errno = saved_errno;
+ }
+
/* Our strerror_r implementation might use the system's strerror
buffer, so all other clients of strerror have to see the error
- copied into a buffer that we manage. */
- msg = strerror (n);
+ copied into a buffer that we manage. This is not thread-safe,
+ even if the system strerror is, but portable programs shouldn't
+ be using strerror if they care about thread-safety. */
if (!msg || !*msg)
{
static char const fmt[] = "Unknown error %d";