---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:41:07 -0700 Subject: Re: No such file or directory To: Michael Williamson <michael.h.william...@gmail.com>
On 01/02/2013 10:30 AM, Michael Williamson wrote: > Hi Eric, > > Thanks for your explanation. I realize now that I should > submit my suggestion somewhere besides bug-bash, and > I am researching that. But, I have another question. > > Why does the man page have the complete, accurate error > message for ENOENT, but not glibc? Did you mean for this to go to the list (as other people might be interested in the question and answer)? And if so, please don't top-post. strerror() is full of historical baggage - changing the strings it outputs is not done lightly, even the string printed is not always the best fit for all documented cases in which a particular error is returned. Thus, the man pages will ALWAYS be a better fit than what glibc can cram into the limited abilities of strerror(). -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org OK, thanks for that explanation Eric. In that case, my naive suggestion would be to introduce a new glibc function, such as strerror_verbose. -Mike
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