$NetBSD: patch-aa,v 1.4 2006/06/08 14:29:26 joerg Exp $

--- lib/error.c.orig	1998-04-04 22:38:04.000000000 +0000
+++ lib/error.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ char *progname = NULL;
 
 jmp_buf top_level;
 
-static FILE *errlog = stderr;
+static FILE *errlog = NULL;
 
 /* **************************************************************** */
 /*								    */
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ handle_error (severity, format, arg1, ar
      int severity;
      char *format, *arg1, *arg2, *arg3;
 {
+  if (errlog == NULL)
+    errlog = stderr;
 #ifdef USE_SYSLOG
   if (errlog == LOG_SYS)
     {
@@ -143,13 +145,16 @@ file_error (severity, filename)
      int severity;
      char *filename;
 {
-#ifndef linux
+#if 0
   extern int sys_nerr;
   extern char *sys_errlist[];
 #endif
 
-  char *error_text;
+  const char *error_text;
 
+#ifdef __INTERIX
+  error_text = strerror(errno);
+#else
   if (errno) {
     if (errno < sys_nerr)
       error_text = sys_errlist[errno];
@@ -158,6 +163,7 @@ file_error (severity, filename)
   } else {
     error_text = "(Hmm, no error?)";
   }
+#endif
 
   if (filename == (char *)NULL)
     handle_error (severity, "%s", error_text, NULL, NULL);