Re: [parisc-linux] errno codes intertwined

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Sun Aug 26 2007 - 14:43:51 EST



On Aug 26 2007 13:45, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> can I rely on the same errno across Linuxes?
>
>nope
>
>> And should the errno values be fixed up?
>
>i guess that depends on whether you think it's even broken :)
>
>no spec requires any errno symbol have an exact numeric value ... i'm guessing
>your FUSE is only cross-Linux and you're not planning on dipping into any
>other OS ?

If the errnos are not the same in the Linux world, it's not even
cross-Linux ;-) - but it's always translated to fixed numbers now anyway.

I have not really thought about putting it in use on other systems yet. I
don't have macosx to test, and Windows generally lacks some fuses. :^)
You are free to spin it if you like, http://freshmeat.net/p/ccgfs/


Jan
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