Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> According to Clytie Siddall on 10/24/2007 2:37 AM:
>>> 
>>> 2.
>>> 
>>> #: lib/gai_strerror.c:52
>>> msgid "Servname not supported for ai_socktype"
>>> 
>>> "Servname" is ambiguous: "Service name" or "Server name"? You may well
>>> get inaccurate translations.
>>
>> Simon?  This is your gnulib module.
>
> The string comes from glibc (sysdeps/posix/gai_strerror-strs.h).  Maybe
> it could be solved upstream?  I'm not sure what it should say, I think
> it should be "Service name".

You will find this string in every Unix that implements getaddrinfo.
It's kind of a standard now.  "servname" and "ai_socktype" are actually
the names of the formal parameters in the original implementation.

Andreas.

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