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Diffstat (limited to 'libavutil')
| -rw-r--r-- | libavutil/error.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | libavutil/error.h | 3 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libavutil/error.c b/libavutil/error.c index a1a0b87a9e..3dd38a351c 100644 --- a/libavutil/error.c +++ b/libavutil/error.c @@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ int av_strerror(int errnum, char *errbuf, size_t errbuf_size) } else { #if HAVE_STRERROR_R ret = strerror_r(AVUNERROR(errnum), errbuf, errbuf_size); -#else - snprintf(errbuf, errbuf_size, "Error number %d occurred", errnum); #endif + if (!HAVE_STRERROR_R || ret < 0) + snprintf(errbuf, errbuf_size, "Error number %d occurred", errnum); } return ret; diff --git a/libavutil/error.h b/libavutil/error.h index abf9a57d70..a1b9ccc050 100644 --- a/libavutil/error.h +++ b/libavutil/error.h @@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ /** * Puts a description of the AVERROR code errnum in errbuf. * In case of failure the global variable errno is set to indicate the - * error. + * error. Even in case of failure av_strerror() will print a generic + * error message indicating the errnum provided to errbuf. * * @param errbuf_size the size in bytes of errbuf * @return 0 on success, a negative value otherwise |