From a38b2b737e244eb2e4f199e070b05f86f4d433d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bram Moolenaar Date: Sun, 3 May 2020 17:03:29 +0200 Subject: patch 8.2.0689: when using getaddrinfo() the error message is unclear Problem: When using getaddrinfo() the error message is unclear. Solution: Use gai_strerror() to get the message. (Ozaki Kiichi, closes #6034) --- src/channel.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/channel.c') diff --git a/src/channel.c b/src/channel.c index 9577f3dc4..68ac4bc29 100644 --- a/src/channel.c +++ b/src/channel.c @@ -955,6 +955,7 @@ channel_open( int sd = -1; channel_T *channel = NULL; #ifdef FEAT_IPV6 + int err; struct addrinfo hints; struct addrinfo *res = NULL; struct addrinfo *addr = NULL; @@ -986,10 +987,11 @@ channel_open( // Set port number manually in order to prevent name resolution services // from being invoked in the environment where AI_NUMERICSERV is not // defined. - if (getaddrinfo(hostname, NULL, &hints, &res) != 0) + if ((err = getaddrinfo(hostname, NULL, &hints, &res)) != 0) { ch_error(channel, "in getaddrinfo() in channel_open()"); - PERROR(_("E901: getaddrinfo() in channel_open()")); + semsg(_("E901: getaddrinfo() in channel_open(): %s"), + gai_strerror(err)); channel_free(channel); return NULL; } -- cgit v1.2.1