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1 files changed, 65 insertions, 72 deletions
diff --git a/lib/strerror.c b/lib/strerror.c
index 5e734faa7..6cc87091b 100644
--- a/lib/strerror.c
+++ b/lib/strerror.c
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ curl_easy_strerror(CURLcode error)
return "failed init";
case CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT:
- return "url malformat";
-
- case CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT_USER:
- return "url malformat user";
+ return "URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL";
case CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_PROXY:
return "couldnt resolve proxy";
@@ -61,124 +58,115 @@ curl_easy_strerror(CURLcode error)
return "couldn't connect";
case CURLE_FTP_WEIRD_SERVER_REPLY:
- return "ftp weird server reply";
+ return "FTP: weird server reply";
case CURLE_FTP_ACCESS_DENIED:
- return "ftp access denied";
+ return "FTP: access denied";
case CURLE_FTP_USER_PASSWORD_INCORRECT:
- return "ftp user password incorrect";
+ return "FTP: user and/or password incorrect";
case CURLE_FTP_WEIRD_PASS_REPLY:
- return "ftp weird pass reply";
+ return "FTP: unknown PASS reply";
case CURLE_FTP_WEIRD_USER_REPLY:
- return "ftp weird user reply";
+ return "FTP: unknown USER reply";
case CURLE_FTP_WEIRD_PASV_REPLY:
- return "ftp weird pasv reply";
+ return "FTP: unknown PASV reply";
case CURLE_FTP_WEIRD_227_FORMAT:
- return "ftp weird 227 format";
+ return "FTP: unknown 227 response format";
case CURLE_FTP_CANT_GET_HOST:
- return "ftp cant get host";
+ return "FTP: can't figure out the host in the PASV response";
case CURLE_FTP_CANT_RECONNECT:
- return "ftp can't reconnect";
+ return "FTP: can't connect to server the response code is unknown";
case CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_SET_BINARY:
- return "ftp couldn't set binary";
+ return "FTP: couldn't set binary mode";
case CURLE_PARTIAL_FILE:
- return "partial file";
+ return "Transferred a partial file";
case CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_RETR_FILE:
- return "ftp couldn't retr file";
+ return "FTP: couldn't retrieve (RETR failed) the specified file";
case CURLE_FTP_WRITE_ERROR:
- return "ftp write error";
+ return "FTP: the post-transfer acknowledge response was not OK";
case CURLE_FTP_QUOTE_ERROR:
- return "ftp quote error";
+ return "FTP: a quote command returned error";
- case CURLE_HTTP_NOT_FOUND:
- return "http not found";
+ case CURLE_HTTP_RETURNED_ERROR:
+ return "HTTP response code said error";
case CURLE_WRITE_ERROR:
- return "write error";
-
- case CURLE_MALFORMAT_USER:
- return "user name is illegally specified";
+ return "failed writing received data to disk/application";
case CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_STOR_FILE:
- return "failed FTP upload";
+ return "failed FTP upload (the STOR command)";
case CURLE_READ_ERROR:
- return "could open/read from file";
+ return "failed to open/read local data from file/application";
case CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY:
return "out of memory";
case CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEOUTED:
- return "the timeout time was reached";
+ return "a timeout was reached";
case CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_SET_ASCII:
- return "TYPE A failed";
+ return "FTP could not set ASCII mode (TYPE A)";
case CURLE_FTP_PORT_FAILED:
- return "FTP PORT operation failed";
+ return "FTP command PORT failed";
case CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_USE_REST:
- return "the REST command failed";
+ return "FTP command REST failed";
case CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_GET_SIZE:
- return "the SIZE command failed";
+ return "FTP command SIZE failed";
case CURLE_HTTP_RANGE_ERROR:
- return "RANGE \"command\" didn't work";
+ return "a range was requested but the server did not deliver it";
case CURLE_HTTP_POST_ERROR:
- return "http post error";
+ return "internal problem setting up the POST";
case CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR:
- return "wrong when connecting with SSL";
+ return "SSL connect error";
case CURLE_FTP_BAD_DOWNLOAD_RESUME:
- return "couldn't resume download";
+ return "couldn't resume FTP download";
case CURLE_FILE_COULDNT_READ_FILE:
- return "file couldn't read file";
+ return "couldn't read a file:// file";
case CURLE_LDAP_CANNOT_BIND:
- return "ldap cannot bind";
+ return "LDAP: cannot bind";
case CURLE_LDAP_SEARCH_FAILED:
- return "ldap search failed";
+ return "LDAP: search failed";
case CURLE_LIBRARY_NOT_FOUND:
- return "library not found";
+ return "a required shared library was not found";
case CURLE_FUNCTION_NOT_FOUND:
- return "function not found";
+ return "a required function in the shared library was not found";
case CURLE_ABORTED_BY_CALLBACK:
- return "aborted by callback";
+ return "the operation was aborted by an application callback";
case CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT:
- return "bad function argument";
-
- case CURLE_BAD_CALLING_ORDER:
- return "bad calling order";
+ return "a libcurl function was given a bad argument";
- case CURLE_HTTP_PORT_FAILED:
- return "HTTP Interface operation failed";
-
- case CURLE_BAD_PASSWORD_ENTERED:
- return "my getpass() returns fail";
+ case CURLE_INTERFACE_FAILED:
+ return "failed binding local connection end";
case CURLE_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS :
- return "catch endless re-direct loops";
+ return "number of redirects hit maximum amount";
case CURLE_UNKNOWN_TELNET_OPTION:
return "User specified an unknown option";
@@ -186,14 +174,11 @@ curl_easy_strerror(CURLcode error)
case CURLE_TELNET_OPTION_SYNTAX :
return "Malformed telnet option";
- case CURLE_OBSOLETE:
- return "obsolete";
-
case CURLE_SSL_PEER_CERTIFICATE:
- return "peer's certificate wasn't ok";
+ return "SSL peer certificate was not ok";
case CURLE_GOT_NOTHING:
- return "when this is a specific error";
+ return "server returned nothing (no headers, no data)";
case CURLE_SSL_ENGINE_NOTFOUND:
return "SSL crypto engine not found";
@@ -202,25 +187,25 @@ curl_easy_strerror(CURLcode error)
return "can not set SSL crypto engine as default";
case CURLE_SEND_ERROR:
- return "failed sending network data";
+ return "failed sending data to the peer";
case CURLE_RECV_ERROR:
- return "failure in receiving network data";
+ return "failure when receiving data from the peer";
case CURLE_SHARE_IN_USE:
- return "CURLE_SHARE_IN_USER";
+ return "share is already in use";
case CURLE_SSL_CERTPROBLEM:
- return "problem with the local certificate";
+ return "problem with the local SSL certificate";
case CURLE_SSL_CIPHER:
- return "couldn't use specified cipher";
+ return "couldn't use specified SSL cipher";
case CURLE_SSL_CACERT:
- return "problem with the CA cert (path? access rights?)";
+ return "problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?)";
case CURLE_BAD_CONTENT_ENCODING:
- return "Unrecognized transfer encoding";
+ return "Unrecognized HTTP Content-Encoding";
case CURLE_LDAP_INVALID_URL:
return "Invalid LDAP URL";
@@ -231,6 +216,11 @@ curl_easy_strerror(CURLcode error)
case CURLE_FTP_SSL_FAILED:
return "Requested FTP SSL level failed";
+ case CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT_USER: /* not used by current libcurl */
+ case CURLE_MALFORMAT_USER: /* not used by current libcurl */
+ case CURLE_BAD_CALLING_ORDER: /* not used by current libcurl */
+ case CURLE_BAD_PASSWORD_ENTERED:/* not used by current libcurl */
+ case CURLE_OBSOLETE: /* not used by current libcurl */
case CURL_LAST:
break;
}
@@ -248,7 +238,7 @@ curl_easy_strerror(CURLcode error)
* The line number for the error will be near this comment, which
* is why it is here, and not at the start of the switch.
*/
- return "CURLcode unknown";
+ return "unknown error";
}
const char *
@@ -262,22 +252,22 @@ curl_multi_strerror(CURLMcode error)
return "no error";
case CURLM_BAD_HANDLE:
- return "CURLM not valid multi handle";
+ return "invalid multi handle";
case CURLM_BAD_EASY_HANDLE:
- return "CURLM not valid easy handle";
+ return "invalid easy handle";
case CURLM_OUT_OF_MEMORY:
- return "CURLM libcurl out of memory";
+ return "out of memory";
case CURLM_INTERNAL_ERROR:
- return "CURLM libcurl internal bug";
+ return "internal error";
case CURLM_LAST:
break;
}
- return "CURLMcode unknown";
+ return "unknown error";
}
const char *
@@ -288,13 +278,13 @@ curl_share_strerror(CURLSHcode error)
return "no error";
case CURLSHE_BAD_OPTION:
- return "CURLSH bad option";
+ return "unknown share option";
case CURLSHE_IN_USE:
- return "CURLSH in use";
+ return "share currently in use";
case CURLSHE_INVALID:
- return "CURLSH invalid";
+ return "invalid share handle";
case CURLSHE_LAST:
break;
@@ -534,6 +524,9 @@ const char *Curl_strerror(struct connectdata *conn, int err)
/* HAVE_GLIBC_STRERROR_R */
char buffer[256];
char *msg = strerror_r(err, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+ /* this version of strerror_r() only *might* use the buffer we pass to
+ the function, but it always returns the error message as a pointer,
+ so we must copy that string unconditionally */
strncpy(buf, msg, max);
}
#endif /* end of HAVE_GLIBC_STRERROR_R */