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[Bug libc/1890] strerror() unnecessarily non thread-safe
- From: "drepper at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 22 Nov 2005 18:13:12 -0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/1890] strerror() unnecessarily non thread-safe
- References: <20051119151517.1890.stefan.puiu@gmail.com>
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com 2005-11-22 18:13 -------
strerror_r is the POSIX function to use. Everything else is incompatible in
multi-threaded environment. Additionally, the extra info provided by strerror
for unknown errors is crucial in some situations, it is completely unacceptable
to return a generic string. There will be no change.
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What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution| |WONTFIX
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1890
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