Re: the ridiculously large granularity of "errno" (was Red Hat problem on a cobalt server)

From: willy@thepuffingroup.com
Date: Sun Jun 25 2000 - 00:18:10 EST

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On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 01:09:26AM -0500, Alan Curry wrote:
> I anticipate this response:
>
> If we add new errnos whenever there's a new error that doesn't fit one of
> the existing ones, libc will never be able to keep up!

how about `POSIX (/SVID/Unix98/...) mandates that particular errno, and
some programs are written to trap that specific error'?

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