@section @code{strerror}
@findex strerror
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/strerror.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/strerror.html}
Gnulib module: strerror
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-This function is missing on some old platforms.
-@item
This function does not support the error values that are specified by POSIX
but not defined by the system, on some platforms:
-OpenBSD 4.0, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw.
+OpenBSD 4.0, OSF/1 5.1, NonStop Kernel, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw.
@item
This function fails to return a string for out-of-range integers on
some platforms:
-Solaris 8.
+HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 8.
+(This is not a POSIX violation, but can still cause bugs because most programs
+call @code{strerror} without setting and testing @code{errno}.)
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: