diff -ru xview-3.2p1.4-orig/lib/libxview/base/xv_error.c xview-3.2p1.4/lib/libxview/base/xv_error.c

--- xview-3.2p1.4-orig/lib/libxview/base/xv_error.c	2020-12-26 22:48:06.846106112 +0200

+++ xview-3.2p1.4/lib/libxview/base/xv_error.c	2020-12-26 23:23:10.372123393 +0200

@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@

 #include <errno.h>

 #else

 /* Unix system error variables */

-extern int      sys_nerr;

-extern char    *sys_errlist[];

 extern int      errno;

 #endif

@@ -117,11 +115,7 @@

     switch (layer) {

       case ERROR_SYSTEM:

 	layer_name = XV_MSG("System");

-	if ((int) errno < sys_nerr)

-	    sprintf(layer_msg, "%s", sys_errlist[(int) errno]);

-	else

-	    sprintf(layer_msg, XV_MSG("unix error %d"), 

-		(int) errno);

+	sprintf(layer_msg, "%s", strerror(errno));

 	break;

       case ERROR_SERVER:

 	layer_name = XV_MSG("Server");

diff -ru xview-3.2p1.4-orig/lib/libxview/textsw/es_file.c xview-3.2p1.4/lib/libxview/textsw/es_file.c

--- xview-3.2p1.4-orig/lib/libxview/textsw/es_file.c	2020-12-26 22:48:06.853105952 +0200

+++ xview-3.2p1.4/lib/libxview/textsw/es_file.c	2020-12-26 23:24:55.081735286 +0200

@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@

 /* martin.buck@bigfoot.com */

 #include <errno.h>

 #else

-extern int      errno, sys_nerr;

-extern char    *sys_errlist[];

+extern int      errno;

 #endif

 static void update_read_buf();  /* update the read buf if overlaps write buf */

@@ -290,7 +289,7 @@

 	    (void) strcat(error_buf, XV_MSG("alloc failure"));

 	    break;

 	  default:

-	    if (errno <= 0 || errno >= sys_nerr)

+	    if (errno <= 0)

 		goto Default;

 	    (void) sprintf(first_free_in_buf, 

 #ifdef OW_I18N

@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@

 #else

 			XV_MSG("file '%s': %s"),

 #endif

-			   file_name, sys_errlist[errno]);

+			   file_name, strerror(errno));

 	    break;

 	}

 	break;

diff -ru xview-3.2p1.4-orig/lib/libxview/textsw/txt_file.c xview-3.2p1.4/lib/libxview/textsw/txt_file.c

--- xview-3.2p1.4-orig/lib/libxview/textsw/txt_file.c	2020-12-26 22:48:06.855105907 +0200

+++ xview-3.2p1.4/lib/libxview/textsw/txt_file.c	2020-12-26 23:36:37.918705277 +0200

@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@

 /* martin.buck@bigfoot.com */

 #include <errno.h>

 #else

-extern int      errno, sys_nerr;

-extern char    *sys_errlist[];

+extern int      errno;

 #endif

 Pkg_private int textsw_change_directory();

@@ -1109,7 +1108,7 @@

 	    XV_MSG("Unable to Include File."));

 	notice_msg2 = XV_MSG("An INTERNAL ERROR has occurred.");

     }

-    sys_msg = (errno > 0 && errno < sys_nerr) ? sys_errlist[errno] : NULL;

+    sys_msg = (errno > 0) ? strerror(errno) : NULL;

     frame = (Frame)FRAME_FROM_FOLIO_OR_VIEW(view);

     text_notice = (Xv_Notice)xv_get(frame, 

@@ -1211,7 +1210,7 @@

 	    XV_MSG("Unable to Include File."));

 	notice_msg2 = XV_MSG("An INTERNAL ERROR has occurred.");

     }

-    sys_msg = (errno > 0 && errno < sys_nerr) ? sys_errlist[errno] : NULL;

+    sys_msg = (errno > 0) ? strerror(errno) : NULL;

     frame = FRAME_FROM_FOLIO_OR_VIEW(view);

     text_notice = (Xv_Notice)xv_get(frame, 

@@ -2289,7 +2288,7 @@

 		   (might_not_be_dir ? 

 		   XV_MSG("Unable to access file") : 

 		   XV_MSG("Unable to cd to directory")));

-    sys_msg = (errno > 0 && errno < sys_nerr) ? sys_errlist[errno] : NULL;

+    sys_msg = (errno > 0) ? strerror(errno) : NULL;

     frame = FRAME_FROM_FOLIO_OR_VIEW(textsw);

     text_notice = (Xv_Notice)xv_get(frame, 

@@ -2394,7 +2393,7 @@

 		   XV_MSG("Cannot cd to directory")),

 		   full_pathname);

     free(full_pathname);

-    sys_msg = (errno > 0 && errno < sys_nerr) ? sys_errlist[errno] : NULL;

+    sys_msg = (errno > 0) ? strerror(errno) : NULL;

     if (sys_msg)

 	strcat(err_msgs, sys_msg);

     return (result);