[patch] Improved error output from sysctl

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If malloc() fails in /sbin/sysctl, the error message is unhelpful.  This =
patch helps identify which sysctl entry is failing.


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Index: sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c
===================================================================
--- sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c	(revision 225262)
+++ sbin/sysctl/sysctl.c	(working copy)
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
 
 	val = oval = malloc(j + 1);
 	if (val == NULL) {
-		warnx("malloc failed");
+		warnx("%s%s malloc failed %d %d", name, sep, j + 1, errno);
 		return (1);
 	}
 	len = j;

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-Andrew

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Andrew Boyer	[e-mail]





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