[Libguestfs] [PATCH VERSION 2] daemon/Win32: use gnulib modules connect, socket and symlinkat (for readlinkat).

Jim Meyering jim at meyering.net
Thu Nov 26 14:25:43 UTC 2009


Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 02:57:04PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>> > +  if (winsock_init () == -1) {
>> > +    fprintf (stderr, "winsock initialization failed\n");
>>
>> It would be nice to include strerror info.
>> (as long as you're using gnulib's error module, might as well use it;
>> added advantage: this diagnostic is now inconsistent with all others
>> in that it prints the customary "program_name: " prefix)
>>
>>     error (0, 0, "winsock initialization failed");
>
> OK, I'll make this change when I push it.
>
> Actually, first parameter will be EXIT_FAILURE ...

Sounds good.
I would have suggested that, but kept with the existing code's
style of returning -1 rather than looking at the caller.




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