> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 01:33:38PM +0200, Danny Braniss wrote:
> > some facts:
> > #include <stdio.h>
> > int
> > main()
> > {
> > printf("%s\n", strerror(2));
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > 1- it works fine on i386
> > 2- it bombs on amd64
> > 3- with a local strerror.c (instead of the one in libc)
> > works fine
> > so, there is something realy wrong going on here!
> > (and it gows back to at least 7.0-stable)
>
> The compiler thinks strerror returns an int. Include <string.h>.
ahh, RTFM ALL THE WAY! I just saw the top few lines:
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
but later it shows:
#include <string.h>
char *
strerror(int errnum);
on the other hand, compiling with -static workes ok, which sent me on
the wrong trail.
danny
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