Hi, the attached patch improves the error handling for backtrace failing, by printing the error number or the error string in addition to the message. It also fixes a potential null pointer crash in gf_strerror. Regtested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, Ok for trunk? 2015-09-01 Janne Blomqvist PR libfortran/67414 * io/write.c (gfc_itoa): Move to runtime/string.c. * libgfortran.h (show_backtrace): Make arg bool. (gfc_itoa): New prototype. * runtime/backtrace.c (struct mystate): Change type of try_simple field, add in_signal_handler field. (error_callback): Print out error number, or if not in a signal handler, the error message. (show_backtrace): Change type of arg, change initialization of struct mystate. (backtrace): Call show_backtrace with correct arg type. * runtime/compile_options.c (backtrace_handler): Call with correct arg type. * runtime/error.c (sys_abort): Likewise. (gf_strerror): Handle newlocale() failure. * runtime/string.c (gfc_itoa): Function moved here from io/write.c. -- Janne Blomqvist