1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/main/open-vm-tools/0012-use-posix-strerror_r-unless-gnu.patch b/main/open-vm-tools/0012-use-posix-strerror_r-unless-gnu.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93d74cfb51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/open-vm-tools/0012-use-posix-strerror_r-unless-gnu.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From 2d207751bdc8d5b8d391604c31730909e8e271a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
+Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 14:39:27 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH 12/14] use posix strerror_r unless gnu
+
+---
+ open-vm-tools/lib/err/errPosix.c | 7 ++++---
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/err/errPosix.c b/open-vm-tools/lib/err/errPosix.c
+index 37b45237..dd86fe90 100644
+--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/err/errPosix.c
++++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/err/errPosix.c
+@@ -63,11 +63,12 @@ ErrErrno2String(Err_Number errorNumber, // IN
+ {
+    char *p;
+ 
+-#if defined(linux) && !defined(N_PLAT_NLM) && !defined(__ANDROID__)
++#if defined(__GLIBC__)
+    p = strerror_r(errorNumber, buf, bufSize);
+ #else
+-   p = strerror(errorNumber);
+-#endif
++   if (strerror_r(errorNumber, buf, bufSize) != 0)
++      snprintf(buf, bufSize, "unknown error %i", errorNumber);
++#endif /* defined __GLIBC__ */
+    ASSERT(p != NULL);
+    return p;
+ }
+-- 
+2.11.0
+