Eric Blake-1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But come to think of it, now that we assume C89, should we > simplify the code by not even catering to the missing strerror > case? Which modern platforms still lack strerror?
Freestanding C89 and C99 platforms need not provide strerror; only hosted platforms are required to have it. That being said, I don't know of any plausible gnulib porting targets that lack strerror.