diff --git a/sysdeps/common/error_suid.c b/sysdeps/common/error_suid.c
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--- a/sysdeps/common/error_suid.c
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-/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
-
-/* Copyright (C) 1998-99 Martin Baulig
-   This file is part of LibGTop 1.0.
-
-   Contributed by Martin Baulig <martin@home-of-linux.org>, April 1998.
-
-   LibGTop is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
-   or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   LibGTop 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 General Public License
-   for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-   along with LibGTop; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-   Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
-   Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
-*/
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#include <glib.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-#include <glibtop/error.h>
-
-#define DEFAULT_NAME	"LibGTop-Server"
-
-/* Prints error message and exits. */
-
-static void
-print_server_name (glibtop_server *server)
-{
-    fprintf (stderr, "%s: ", server ?
-	     (server->name ? server->name : DEFAULT_NAME)
-	     : DEFAULT_NAME);
-}
-
-void
-glibtop_error_vr (glibtop_server *server, char *format, va_list args)
-{
-    print_server_name (server);
-    vfprintf (stderr, format, args);
-    fprintf (stderr, "\n");
-
-#ifdef LIBGTOP_ENABLE_DEBUG
-    abort ();
-#else
-    exit (1);
-#endif
-}
-
-void
-glibtop_error_io_vr (glibtop_server *server, char *format, int error, va_list args)
-{
-    print_server_name (server);
-    vfprintf (stderr, format, args);
-    fprintf (stderr, ": %s\n", g_strerror (error));
-
-#ifdef LIBGTOP_ENABLE_DEBUG
-    abort ();
-#else
-    exit (1);
-#endif
-}
-
-void
-glibtop_warn_vr (glibtop_server *server, char *format, va_list args)
-{
-    print_server_name (server);
-    vfprintf (stderr, format, args);
-    fprintf (stderr, "\n");
-
-#ifdef LIBGTOP_FATAL_WARNINGS
-    abort ();
-#endif
-}
-
-void
-glibtop_warn_io_vr (glibtop_server *server, char *format, int error, va_list args)
-{
-    print_server_name (server);
-    vfprintf (stderr, format, args);
-    fprintf (stderr, ": %s\n", g_strerror (error));
-
-#ifdef LIBGTOP_FATAL_WARNINGS
-    abort ();
-#endif
-}
-
-void
-glibtop_error_r (glibtop_server *server, char *format, ...)
-{
-    va_list args;
-
-    va_start (args, format);
-    glibtop_error_vr (server, format, args);
-    va_end (args);
-}
-
-void
-glibtop_warn_r (glibtop_server *server, char *format, ...)
-{
-    va_list args;
-
-    va_start (args, format);
-    glibtop_warn_vr (server, format, args);
-    va_end (args);
-}
-
-void
-glibtop_error_io_r (glibtop_server *server, char *format, ...)
-{
-    va_list args;
-
-    va_start (args, format);
-    glibtop_error_io_vr (server, format, errno, args);
-    va_end (args);
-}
-
-void
-glibtop_warn_io_r (glibtop_server *server, char *format, ...)
-{
-    va_list args;
-
-    va_start (args, format);
-    glibtop_warn_io_vr (server, format, errno, args);
-    va_end (args);
-}
-
-#ifndef  __GNUC__
-
-static void
-glibtop_error (char *format, ...)
-{
-    va_list args;
-    va_start (args, format);
-    glibtop_error_vr (glibtop_global_server, format, args);
-    va_end (args);
-}
-
-static void
-glibtop_warn (char *format, ...)
-{
-    va_list args;
-    va_start (args, format);
-    glibtop_warn_vr (glibtop_global_server, format, args);
-    va_end (args);
-}
-
-static void
-glibtop_error_io (char *format, ...)
-{
-    va_list args;
-    va_start (args, format);
-    glibtop_error_io_vr (glibtop_global_server, format, errno, args);
-    va_end (args);
-}
-
-static void
-glibtop_warn_io (char *format, ...)
-{
-    va_list args;
-    va_start (args, format);
-    glibtop_warn_io_vr (glibtop_global_server, format, errno, args);
-    va_end (args);
-}
-
-#endif /* no __GNUC__ */