Re: [HACKERS] CVS tip problems

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] CVS tip problems
Date: 2004-06-07 22:45:07
Message-ID: 18391.1086648307@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> ! #ifdef STRERROR_R_INT
> ! /* SUSv3 version */
> ! if (strerror_r(errnum, strerrbuf, buflen) == 0)
> ! return strerrbuf;
> ! else
> ! return NULL;
> ! #else

This code will dump core if strerror_r ever fails, which seems like
a bad idea. I suggest that it be like

! if (strerror_r(errnum, strerrbuf, buflen) == 0)
! return strerrbuf;
! else
! return "strerror_r failed";

which at least gives a hint of the problem ...

regards, tom lane

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