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authorEric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>2011-05-19 10:17:18 -0600
committerEric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>2011-05-19 10:17:18 -0600
commitd1187148b5871737463ac53328e6d20ec711afd7 (patch)
tree7c494d95c0bb894f9062db7ad45dfab022876120
parent1608fbc0104136faf98fcd89416a6c2ab4bff692 (diff)
downloadgnulib-d1187148b5871737463ac53328e6d20ec711afd7.tar.gz
strerror: relax test for Solaris
Solaris returns "Error 0" for 0 vs. "Unknown error" for -1; while that does not quite have the positive connotation that POSIX recommends, it is distinct enough that we do not need to replace the native strerror just to pick a better string. The test is really trying to reject implementations that use the same string for both 0 and 1 (modulo any %d output of the error number). * tests/test-strerror.c (main): Permit Solaris behavior. * tests/test-strerror_r.c (main): Likewise. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--tests/test-strerror.c6
-rw-r--r--tests/test-strerror_r.c6
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8c1200c75c..b90c116139 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2011-05-19 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+ strerror: relax test for Solaris
+ * tests/test-strerror.c (main): Permit Solaris behavior.
+ * tests/test-strerror_r.c (main): Likewise.
+
strerror: enforce POSIX ruling on strerror(0)
* m4/strerror.m4 (gl_FUNC_STRERROR_SEPARATE): Expose BSD bug.
* m4/strerror_r.m4 (gl_FUNC_STRERROR_R): Likewise.
diff --git a/tests/test-strerror.c b/tests/test-strerror.c
index 46d339e64c..03637d7850 100644
--- a/tests/test-strerror.c
+++ b/tests/test-strerror.c
@@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ main (void)
ASSERT (*str);
ASSERT (errno == 0);
- /* POSIX requires strerror (0) to succeed; use of "Unknown error" or
- "error 0" does not count as success, but "No error" works.
+ /* POSIX requires strerror (0) to succeed. Reject use of "Unknown
+ error", but allow "Success", "No error", or even Solaris' "Error
+ 0" which are distinct patterns from true out-of-range strings.
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=382 */
errno = 0;
str = strerror (0);
ASSERT (str);
ASSERT (*str);
ASSERT (errno == 0);
- ASSERT (strchr (str, '0') == NULL);
ASSERT (strstr (str, "nknown") == NULL);
/* POSIX requires strerror to produce a non-NULL result for all
diff --git a/tests/test-strerror_r.c b/tests/test-strerror_r.c
index 0661bdfc76..7aad3c7365 100644
--- a/tests/test-strerror_r.c
+++ b/tests/test-strerror_r.c
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ main (void)
ASSERT (strerror_r (EOVERFLOW, buf, sizeof (buf)) == 0);
ASSERT (buf[0] != '\0');
- /* POSIX requires strerror (0) to succeed; use of "Unknown error" or
- "error 0" does not count as success, but "No error" works.
+ /* POSIX requires strerror (0) to succeed. Reject use of "Unknown
+ error", but allow "Success", "No error", or even Solaris' "Error
+ 0" which are distinct patterns from true out-of-range strings.
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=382 */
buf[0] = '\0';
ret = strerror_r (0, buf, sizeof (buf));
ASSERT (ret == 0);
ASSERT (buf[0]);
- ASSERT (strchr (buf, '0') == NULL);
ASSERT (strstr (buf, "nknown") == NULL);
/* Test results with out-of-range errnum and enough room. */