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From: Jon Grant <jg-hus3n9K41k0@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: aio_error query
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:37:15 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F400BFB.5050409@jguk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKgNAkg2KYca3mA-Nd6_uRDDQpZmb+SFmLbZOFug9jVvHnB8NA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

Hi Michael

Michael Kerrisk wrote, On 18/02/12 18:18:
[...]
>> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009604599/functions/xsh_chap02_03.html
>> http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/manpage?3+errno
>>
>>>> errno is an int, and the values I think are not
>>>> guaranteed to be positive (like with glibc). I work on a system where
>>>> they
>>>> are all negative.
>
> What is the system?

http://www.mpcdata.com/mediasdk/

[..]
> What you say is now clearer to me, and sounds reasonable. Still, I'm
> curious about this other system you are using; I think on every system
> I encountered, error numbers are positive.

Perhaps errno macros as positive numbers are a de facto convention.

Regards, Jon
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-02-18 20:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-21 21:48 aio_error query Jon Grant
     [not found] ` <4F1B32A4.1010809-hus3n9K41k0@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-07 18:25   ` Michael Kerrisk
     [not found]     ` <CAKgNAkgjOss__FerDwEqMW2MY2Bs0pwyVuNURuvoKAw7si4u_w-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-18 13:06       ` Jon Grant
     [not found]         ` <4F3FA267.4000208-hus3n9K41k0@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-18 18:18           ` Michael Kerrisk
     [not found]             ` <CAKgNAkg2KYca3mA-Nd6_uRDDQpZmb+SFmLbZOFug9jVvHnB8NA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-18 20:37               ` Jon Grant [this message]
     [not found]                 ` <4F400BFB.5050409-hus3n9K41k0@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-19  2:40                   ` Michael Kerrisk
     [not found]                     ` <CAKgNAkg9ELf7WHxsB=PuGTj2KifW2pZqT6i5VBAfRX_ajqvcEw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-19 11:15                       ` Jon Grant
     [not found]                         ` <4F40D9DB.2070203-hus3n9K41k0@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-20  1:32                           ` Michael Kerrisk

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