[Bug other/25914] strsignal.c:558: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned

Fri Jan 27 00:12:00 GMT 2006

------- Comment #4 from dave at hiauly1 dot hia dot nrc dot ca  2006-01-27 00:12 -------
Subject: Re:  strsignal.c:558: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned

> It is unsigned int on Solaris too.  Seems like glibc/Linux is the out man out
> really as this was developed by the BSD folks.

The Linux manpage says:

CONFORMING TO
       4.3BSD

I don't have access to a 4.3BSD system but DEC Ultrix is unsigned,
so it looks to me like the Linux folks have messed up.  It's unfortunate
but the Linux version is what made it to ISO 23360.

Dave

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