Re: Allowing printf("%m") only where it actually works - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On 2018-Sep-25, Tom Lane wrote:
>> We could possibly write something like
>>
>> sprintf(wserrbuf, "winsock error %d (could not load netmsg.dll to translate: error code %lu)", err,
GetLastError())));
>>
>> but I'm unconvinced that that's useful.

> Actually I think it *is* useful to do it like this, because then the
> user knows to fix the netmsg.dll problem so that they can continue to
> investigate the winsock problem.  If we don't report the secondary error
> message, how are users going to figure out how to fix the problem?

OK, I'm fine with doing it like that if people want it.

            regards, tom lane