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Re: 1.1.18: bug in strerror ?
On Aug 18 17:13, Bill Metzenthen wrote:
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <string.h>
> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
> char *s;
> s = strerror(-8);
> printf("strerror returned pointer %p\n", s);
> printf("string is \"%s\"\n", s);
> return 0;
> }
>
> The output on my system is:
> $ ./test-strerror.exe
> strerror returned pointer 0x8c
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Thanks for the testcase. I fixed a missing check for negative
error numbers in strerror in current CVS.
Corinna
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