Module Name: src
Committed By: roy
Date: Wed Mar 11 21:33:38 UTC 2020
Modified Files:
src/lib/libcurses: initscr.c
Log Message:
curses: application should exit if initscr(3) fails
POSIX defines this behaviour here:
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xcurses/initscr.html
Partial fix for PR lib/23910
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.33 -r1.34 src/lib/libcurses/initscr.c
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libcurses/initscr.c
diff -u src/lib/libcurses/initscr.c:1.33 src/lib/libcurses/initscr.c:1.34
--- src/lib/libcurses/initscr.c:1.33 Tue Oct 2 17:35:44 2018
+++ src/lib/libcurses/initscr.c Wed Mar 11 21:33:38 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $NetBSD: initscr.c,v 1.33 2018/10/02 17:35:44 roy Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: initscr.c,v 1.34 2020/03/11 21:33:38 roy Exp $ */
/*
* Copyright (c) 1981, 1993, 1994
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@
#if 0
static char sccsid[] = "@(#)initscr.c 8.2 (Berkeley) 5/4/94";
#else
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: initscr.c,v 1.33 2018/10/02 17:35:44 roy Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: initscr.c,v 1.34 2020/03/11 21:33:38 roy Exp $");
#endif
#endif /* not lint */
+#include <err.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "curses.h"
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ initscr(void)
/* LINTED const castaway; newterm does not modify sp! */
if ((_cursesi_screen = newterm((char *) sp, stdout, stdin)) == NULL)
- return NULL;
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "initscr"); /* POSIX says exit on failure */
set_term(_cursesi_screen);
wrefresh(curscr);
