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Diffstat (limited to 'gpgme/gpgme.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | gpgme/gpgme.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gpgme/gpgme.h b/gpgme/gpgme.h index df9a8e7b..921d57e5 100644 --- a/gpgme/gpgme.h +++ b/gpgme/gpgme.h @@ -131,11 +131,14 @@ gpgme_err_source (gpgme_error_t err) code in the error value ERR. This function is not thread safe. */ const char *gpgme_strerror (gpgme_error_t err); -/* Return a pointer to a string containing a description of the error - code in the error value ERR. The buffer for the string is - allocated with malloc(), and has to be released by the user. On - error, NULL is returned. */ -char *gpgme_strerror_r (gpgme_error_t err); +/* Return the error string for ERR in the user-supplied buffer BUF of + size BUFLEN. This function is, in contrast to gpg_strerror, + thread-safe if a thread-safe strerror_r() function is provided by + the system. If the function succeeds, 0 is returned and BUF + contains the string describing the error. If the buffer was not + large enough, ERANGE is returned and BUF contains as much of the + beginning of the error string as fits into the buffer. */ +int gpgme_strerror_r (gpg_error_t err, char *buf, size_t buflen); /* Return a pointer to a string containing a description of the error |