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Refer to new POSIX:2008 standard.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:38:13 +0100
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@node strerror
@section @code{strerror}
@findex strerror

POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/strerror.html}

Gnulib module: strerror

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some old platforms.
@item
This function does not support the error values that are specified by POSIX
but not defined by the system, on some platforms:
OpenBSD 4.0, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin, mingw.
@item
This function fails to return a string for out-of-range integers on
some platforms:
Solaris 8.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize