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diff --git a/support/xsysconf.c b/support/xsysconf.c
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+/* Error-checking wrapper for sysconf.
+   Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+long
+xsysconf (int name)
+{
+  /* Detect errors by a changed errno value, in case -1 is a valid
+     value.  Make sure that the caller does not see the zero value for
+     errno.  */
+  int old_errno = errno;
+  errno = 0;
+  long result = sysconf (name);
+  if (errno != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("sysconf (%d): %m", name);
+  errno = old_errno;
+  return result;
+}