From f74aaf0571283d233bd778b94d2ac49ed3c0dd42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: robertl <robertl>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:59:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Tweak return of xvasprintf() to make it match Linux & FreeBSD
 behaviour.

---
 util.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 2dc7ed9b9..1849e9bd8 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -288,6 +288,11 @@ xfputs(const char *errtxt, const char *s, FILE *stream)
 
 /*
  * Allocate a string using a format list with optional arguments
+ * Returns -1 on error.
+ * If return value is anything else, *strp will be populated with an
+ * allocated string containging the formatted buffer.
+ * 
+ * Freeing that is the responsbility of the caller.
  */
 
 int
@@ -361,7 +366,7 @@ xasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...)
 		}
 	}
 	*strp = buf;
-	return 0;
+	return outsize;
 }
 
 /* 
-- 
2.30.2