# HG changeset patch # User Bram Moolenaar # Date 1588518904 -7200 # Node ID 456c3b98d4c8e5443449f7c41d420096be2958c1 # Parent cb107e572f1c98e19ce815f64f8528e8744d2c03 patch 8.2.0689: when using getaddrinfo() the error message is unclear Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a38b2b737e244eb2e4f199e070b05f86f4d433d4 Author: Bram Moolenaar Date: Sun May 3 17:03:29 2020 +0200 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) diff --git a/src/channel.c b/src/channel.c --- 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; } diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c --- a/src/version.c +++ b/src/version.c @@ -747,6 +747,8 @@ static char *(features[]) = static int included_patches[] = { /* Add new patch number below this line */ /**/ + 689, +/**/ 688, /**/ 687,