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-rw-r--r--m4/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--m4/strerror_r.m44
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/m4/ChangeLog b/m4/ChangeLog
index d74dc331e4..7c62cddf0c 100644
--- a/m4/ChangeLog
+++ b/m4/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-01-08 Jim Meyering <meyering@ascend.com>
+
+ * strerror_r.m4 (jm_FUNC_STRERROR_R): New file/macro.
+ * jm-macros.m4 (jm_FUNC_STRERROR_R): Require it.
+
2000-01-04 Jim Meyering <meyering@ascend.com>
* d-type.m4 (jm_CHECK_TYPE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE): Rename from
diff --git a/m4/strerror_r.m4 b/m4/strerror_r.m4
index e886b5cc5b..6f8bd25f76 100644
--- a/m4/strerror_r.m4
+++ b/m4/strerror_r.m4
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
dnl From Jim Meyering.
dnl Determine whether the strerror_r implementation is one of
dnl the broken ones that returns `int' rather than `char*'.
-dnl Actually, this tests only whether it returns an array,
-dnl but that should be enough.
+dnl Actually, this tests only whether it returns a scalar
+dnl or an array, but that should be enough.
dnl This is used by lib/error.c.
AC_DEFUN(jm_FUNC_STRERROR_R,