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From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>
To: Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>
Cc: "gdb-patches@sourceware.org" <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: [commit] fork-child.c, fork_inferior: Delete ifdef'd code and unused variable.
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:57:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D6D417F.3070301@vmware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201103010849.p218n0je030214@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl>

Mark Kettenis wrote:
>> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:53:19 -0800
>> From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>
>>
>> checked in.
>>
>> 2011-02-28  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@vmware.com>
>>
>> 	* fork-child.c (fork_inferior): Remove ifdef'd code and
>> 	unused variable.
>>
>> Index: fork-child.c
>> ===================================================================
>> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/fork-child.c,v
>> retrieving revision 1.61
>> diff -u -p -u -p -r1.61 fork-child.c
>> --- fork-child.c	11 Jan 2011 15:10:01 -0000	1.61
>> +++ fork-child.c	1 Mar 2011 00:50:41 -0000
>> @@ -367,12 +367,11 @@ fork_inferior (char *exec_file_arg, char
>>  	  /* Otherwise, we directly exec the target program with
>>  	     execvp.  */
>>  	  int i;
>> -	  char *errstring;
>>  
>>  	  execvp (exec_file, argv);
>>  
>>  	  /* If we get here, it's an error.  */
>> -	  errstring = safe_strerror (errno);
>> +	  safe_strerror (errno);
> 
> Wait a moment!  That safe_strerror() call is pretty much a no-op now.

Arg, I should have removed it -- auto pilot.

> I'm sure whoever wrote that code intended to actually display the
> error string.

OK -- but you were the one who commented out the actual display.
Whatever you want to do, I am ok with...

1.23         (kettenis 30-Sep-04): #if 0
1.23         (kettenis 30-Sep-04):        /* This extra info seems to be 
useles\
s.  */
1.23         (kettenis 30-Sep-04):        fprintf_unfiltered 
(gdb_stderr, "Got \
error %s.\n", errstring);
1.23         (kettenis 30-Sep-04): #endif
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-01  0:53 Michael Snyder
2011-03-01  8:49 ` Mark Kettenis
2011-03-01 18:57   ` Michael Snyder [this message]

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