Re: pg_dump return status..

> There are two versions of sprintf() available in SunOS 4 - 8.  The
> standard one (ANSI C) in libc returns an int, the number of characters
> written (excluding '\0').  The BSD version returns a char* which
> points to the target.  If you have a -lbsd on your link line then you
> get the BSD version.  There are no compiler errors, just run time
> errors if you rely on the return from sprintf() being the number of
> characters.  The workaround is to put an extra -lc on the link line
> before the -lbsd if your code needs both standard sprintf() and some
> other BSD function.
> 
> Ultrix is documented as having the same behaviour as Solaris.  I don't
> know about NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/GNUStep.

Of course, if sprintf() returns an error, you have pretty big problems. 
:-)


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