X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fxreadlink.c;h=0f5e7d26f2fcd7d27ff462160e0437592d4cf6db;hb=3feb3145b632af0fd4349f5685a19ec58fa0fb75;hp=c38e2d3aad892630f37d84b906b272f93ad7f925;hpb=3bd23802ad65a4379e0c97d736dc6c2ab2d37f1d;p=gnulib.git

diff --git a/lib/xreadlink.c b/lib/xreadlink.c
index c38e2d3aa..0f5e7d26f 100644
--- a/lib/xreadlink.c
+++ b/lib/xreadlink.c
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ xreadlink (char const *filename, size_t size)
       ssize_t r = readlink (filename, buffer, buf_size);
       size_t link_length = r;
 
-      if (r < 0)
+      /* On AIX 5L v5.3 and HP-UX 11i v2 04/09, readlink returns -1
+	 with errno == ERANGE if the buffer is too small.  */
+      if (r < 0 && errno != ERANGE)
 	{
 	  int saved_errno = errno;
 	  free (buffer);