$NetBSD: patch-aa,v 1.3 2005/11/08 13:47:40 tv Exp $

--- lib/error.c.orig	1998-04-04 17:38:04.000000000 -0500
+++ lib/error.c
@@ -143,13 +143,16 @@ 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 +161,7 @@ file_error (severity, filename)
   } else {
     error_text = "(Hmm, no error?)";
   }
+#endif
 
   if (filename == (char *)NULL)
     handle_error (severity, "%s", error_text, NULL, NULL);