-#elif defined(HAVE_STRERROR_R)
- err = strerror_r(errnum, p, errbuflen_remaining);
+#elif defined(HAVE_GNU_STRERROR_R)
+ /*
+ * We have a GNU-style strerror_r(), which is *not* guaranteed to
+ * do anything to the buffer handed to it, and which returns a
+ * pointer to the error string, which may or may not be in
+ * the buffer.
+ *
+ * It is, however, guaranteed to succeed.
+ */
+ char strerror_buf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
+ char *errstring = strerror_r(errnum, strerror_buf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
+ snprintf(p, errbuflen_remaining, "%s", errstring);
+#elif defined(HAVE_POSIX_STRERROR_R)
+ /*
+ * We have a POSIX-style strerror_r(), which is guaranteed to fill
+ * in the buffer, but is not guaranteed to succeed.
+ */
+ int err = strerror_r(errnum, p, errbuflen_remaining);