Bug#485135: libc6-dev: XSI-compliant version of strerror_r() not useable from C++

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

retitle 485135 g++: unconditionally defines _GNU_SOURCE
reassign 485135 g++-4.3
thanks

On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 03:43:10PM +0200, Sven Gaerner wrote:
> Package: libc6-dev
> Version: 2.7-10
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I want to use the XSI-compliant version of strerror_r(). The code below compiles
> without any error using the gcc.
> 
> Trying to compile this code as C++ code using the g++ always fails because the
> compiler always tries to use the GNU version of strerror_r() that returns an
> char* instead of an int. Trying to define _XOPEN_SOURCE=600 does not change
> anything.
> 

The GNU version is used because _GNU_SOURCE is defined. It is defined
unconditionally by g++.


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