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+/* strerror.c --- POSIX compatible system error routine
+
+   Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#if REPLACE_STRERROR
+
+# include <stdio.h>
+
+# include "intprops.h"
+
+# undef strerror
+# if ! HAVE_DECL_STRERROR
+#  define strerror(n) NULL
+# endif
+
+char *
+rpl_strerror (int n)
+{
+  char *result = strerror (n);
+
+  if (result == NULL || result[0] == '\0')
+    {
+      static char const fmt[] = "Unknown error (%d)";
+      static char mesg[sizeof fmt + INT_STRLEN_BOUND (n)];
+      sprintf (mesg, fmt, n);
+      return mesg;
+    }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+#endif