Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It comes from strerror(EGRATUITOUS), so the string is in glibc. > EGRATUITOUS can be returned by several Hurd servers, apparently > when they hit internal limitations or bugs.
More precisely EGRATUITOUS officially means that some server has responded in an impossible or protocol-violating fashion. There are some cases in the Hurd where EGRATUITOUS is returned and probably something else should be chosen instead. Thomas

