Re: [HACKERS] Win32 WEXITSTATUS too

OK, I have tested on MinGW and found I can use FormatMessage() to print
a description for all ERROR* system() failures, rather than print a hex
value. This removes the need for a URL or lookup of hex values.
Attached and applied.

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> bruce wrote:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> > > Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> > > > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > >> OK, maybe /doc or src/tools. A more radical approach would be to put
> > > >> the list in our documentation, or have initdb install it.
> > >
> > > > Why not put it in techdocs or some such?
> > >
> > > I think we've learned by now that putting copies of other peoples' code
> > > in our tree isn't such a hot idea; what is going to cause it to be
> > > updated when things change? How do you know the values are even the
> > > same across all the Windows versions we support?
> > >
> > > Basically this whole idea is misconceived. Just print the number and
> > > have done.
> >
> > And how do people interpret that number?
>
> Ah, I found something:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259693
>
> Someone on IRC says that is kernel mode only, and is looking for a
> user-mode version, so we would be able to print out a meaningful message
> rather than a hex value that has to be looked up.
>
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