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Date:      Sun, 26 Feb 2006 11:40:12 GMT
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: kern/93705: [patch] ENODATA and EGREGIOUS (for glibc compat)
Message-ID:  <200602261140.k1QBeCeI065475@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR kern/93705; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@apple.com>
Subject: Re: kern/93705: [patch] ENODATA and EGREGIOUS (for glibc compat)
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:35:48 +0300

 On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 02:53:56PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
 R> >Description:
 R> Please could you add ENODATA and EGREGIOUS errno codes for compatibility with
 R> Glibc systems?
 R> 
 R> They have the same meaning as ENOATTR and EDOOFUS, respectively.
 R> 
 R> As a side benefit, in the case of EDOOFUS this might be of interest to the Apple
 R> developers who complained about this macro name (i.e. they could use EGREGIOUS in
 R> Darwin exclussively if they want).
 
 The ENODATA error code is standardized as a part of XSI streams:
 
 http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/basedefs/errno.h.html
 
 I don't think we should hardcode it equal to ENOATTR, which is a BSD specific
 code, afaik.
 
 P.S. My opinion isn't opinion of the project.
 
 -- 
 Totus tuus, Glebius.
 GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE



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