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Re: Meaning of sys_nerr (and porting programs)
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Thomas Bushnell, BSG |
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Re: Meaning of sys_nerr (and porting programs) |
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13 Jan 2002 13:17:18 -0800 |
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Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org> writes:
> 1998-06-01 Gordon Matzigkeit <gord@profitpress.com>
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> * sysdeps/mach/hurd/errlist.c (sys_nerr, _sys_nerr): Make weak
> aliases for _hurd_nerr, for programs that don't use sys_errlist,
> but need sys_err.
First, that's a typo; it should read "but need sys_nerr", I assume.
Second, I guess the assumption is that Gord ran across something that
"needs" sys_nerr in some way. I assume the particular need was a safe
one, but still, I wonder what it was.