Bug#107024: [patch] osh using strerror

[James A Morrison <ja2morri@student.math.uwaterloo.ca>]

Package: osh 
Version: 1.7-7
Severity: important

	I have replaced sys_errlist with strerror wihich is more portable.
It also allows osh to compile and run on GNU HURD.

James Morrison


--- handlers.old.c	Sun Jul 29 13:25:18 2001
+++ handlers.c	Sun Jul 29 13:26:19 2001
@@ -569,10 +569,6 @@
 
 {
   int x;
-  /* Removed to compile for debian
-  extern char *sys_errlist[];
-  */
-   
   
   if (argc>2) {
     fprintf(stderr,"cd: Too many arguments\n");
@@ -584,7 +580,7 @@
     else
       x=chdir(getenv("HOME"));
     if (x) {
-      fprintf(stderr,"cd: %s\n",sys_errlist[errno]);
+      fprintf(stderr,"cd: %s\n",strerror(errno));
       logit('-');
     }
     else
@@ -602,9 +598,6 @@
   FILE *input_file;
   FILE *k;
   char *file_name;
-  /* Removed to compile on debian
-  extern char *sys_errlist[];
-  */
   char temp[255], temp2[255];
   char c;
   int x,y;
@@ -628,7 +621,7 @@
     }
     if (input_file==NULL) {
       logit('-');
-      fprintf(stderr,"more: %s\n",sys_errlist[errno]);
+      fprintf(stderr,"more: %s\n",strerror(errno));
       return;
     }
     k=fopen("/dev/tty","r");