Subject: Re: The sys_errlist[] screw
To: Tim Rightnour <>
From: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@MIT.EDU>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 02/22/1998 08:21:17
Tim Rightnour <> writes:

> Assuming you implement this, does that mean that suddenly all applications
> using sys_errlist will just break?

Huh?  The entire point of what I suggested was to prevent it from
breaking!  The old applications simply wouldn't be able to display the
new messages; other than that, they'd continue to work fine.