On Tuesday 05 February 2008, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 07:57:08PM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Tuesday 05 February 2008, Karel Zak wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 06:49:41PM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 05 February 2008, Tilman Schmidt wrote:
> > > > > + fprintf(stderr, "%s: bad line discipline: %s\n", prog,
> > > > > optarg); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> > > > > ...
> > > > > + fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot open %s: %s\n", prog, dev,
> > > > > strerror(errno)); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> > > > > ...
> > > > > + fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s is not a serial line\n", prog, dev);
> > > > > + exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> > > > > ...
> > > > > + fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot set %s to exclusive mode: %s\n",
> > > > > + prog, dev, strerror(errno));
> > > > > + exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> > > > > ...
> > > > > + fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot get terminal attributes for %s:
> > > > > %s\n", + prog, dev, strerror(errno));
> > > > > + exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> > > > > ...
> > > > > <many more>
> > > >
> > > > could do with writing an error function and/or macro to make things
> > > > cleaner
> > >
> > > #include <err.h> ... err() -- very luxury function:
> > >
> > > err("cannot get terminal attributes for %s", dev);
> > >
> > > that's all...
> >
> > hrm, that's a GNU-extension not in POSIX ... but if there's no other
> > attractive alternatives, that's fine. i bet gnulib has a local version
> > for people to fall back on if the system libc does not provide it ...
>
> I think we have already talked about supported libc versions. The
> list is very short -- glibc and uClibc
sure ... dont take my comment to mean "oh no dont use it" ... just making
note. anyone who *really* cares can address it themselves.
> (someone also suggested klibc
> and dietlibc but I don't think it's real wish for now).
cant really comment on either those as being viable as i havent seen them in
real use. but perhaps i'm in a secluded area of open source.
-mike
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