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Diffstat (limited to 'utils.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | utils.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ extern void pr_error(char *s, int offset) { /* our perror */ extern void uerror(char *s) { - extern int sys_nerr; - extern char *sys_errlist[]; - if (errno > sys_nerr) - return; - if (s != NULL) - fprint(2, "%s: %s\n", s, sys_errlist[errno]); + char *err; + + err = strerror(errno); + if (!err) err = "unknown error"; + + if (s) + fprint(2, "%s: %s\n", s, err); else - fprint(2, "%s\n", sys_errlist[errno]); + fprint(2, "%s\n", err); } /* Die horribly. This should never get called. Please let me know if it does. */ |