diff -r a4e690349275 -r 1967de77ebac core/systems/LibrarySys.cpp
--- a/core/systems/LibrarySys.cpp	Sun Apr 06 17:54:53 2008 +0000
+++ b/core/systems/LibrarySys.cpp	Tue Apr 08 23:35:58 2008 +0000
@@ -286,11 +286,23 @@
 			maxlength,
 			NULL);
 #elif defined PLATFORM_POSIX
-		snprintf(error, maxlength, "%s", strerror(errno));
+		UTIL_Format(error, maxlength, "%s", strerror(errno));
 #endif
 	}
 }
 
+void LibrarySystem::GetLoaderError(char *buffer, size_t maxlength)
+{
+#if defined PLATFORM_WINDOWS
+	GetPlatformError(buffer, maxlength);
+#elif defined PLATFORM_POSIX
+	if (buffer != NULL && maxlength)
+	{
+		strncopy(buffer, dlerror(), maxlength);
+	}
+#endif
+}
+
 void LibrarySystem::CloseDirectory(IDirectory *dir)
 {
 	delete dir;
@@ -301,19 +313,15 @@
 	LibraryHandle lib;
 #if defined PLATFORM_WINDOWS
 	lib = LoadLibraryA(path);
-	if (!lib)
-	{
-		GetPlatformError(error, maxlength);
-		return false;
-	}
 #elif defined PLATFORM_POSIX
 	lib = dlopen(path, RTLD_NOW);
-	if (!lib)
+#endif
+
+	if (lib == NULL)
 	{
-		GetPlatformError(error, maxlength);
-		return false;
+		GetLoaderError(error, maxlength);
+		return NULL;
 	}
-#endif
 
 	return new CLibrary(lib);
 }