Re: Unix platforms shouldn't mask errors specific to Unix domain sockets

On 08/15/2013 05:12 PM, Jim Blandy wrote:
> The socket manipulation functions in NSPR use errno-to-PR_FOO_ERROR
> mapping functions that map errno codes for filesystem-related errors
> (EACCESS; ENOENT; etc.) all to PR_ADDRESS_NOT_SUPPORTED. According to
> CVS annotate, this code has been present since revision 1.1 (March 1998).

Apparently this issue has come up before:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=270784#c4

WTC wrote: "I think EACCES in this scenario should be mapped to 
PR_NO_ACCESS_RIGHTS_ERROR (the default mapping) rather than 
PR_ADDRESS_NOT_SUPPORTED_ERROR, but what is done is done."