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Define missing EDQUOT on NonStop Kernel. * lib/errno.in.h (EDQUOT): Assign a value if missing. * lib/strerror.c (rpl_strerror): Handle missing EDQUOT. * m4/errno_h.m4 (gl_HEADER_ERRNO_H): Also test whether EDQUOT is missing. * doc/posix-headers/errno.texi: Mention the NSK bug. * doc/posix-functions/strerror.texi: Mention the workaround on NSK. Reported by Joachim Schmitz <schmitz@hp.com>.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sat, 02 Oct 2010 18:54:05 +0200
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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 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, NonStop Kernel, Cygwin 1.5.x, 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