--- ngspice-27/src/include/ngspice/ngspice.h.orig	2020-11-29 16:17:00.821171627 -0700
+++ ngspice-27/src/include/ngspice/ngspice.h	2020-11-29 16:17:51.778818100 -0700
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
 #define fprintf tcl_fprintf
 
 #undef perror
-#define perror(string) fprintf(stderr,"%s: %s\n",string,sys_errlist[errno])
+#define perror(string) fprintf(stderr,"%s: %s\n",string,strerror(errno))
 
 #elif defined SHARED_MODULE
 
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
 #define fprintf sh_fprintf
 
 #undef perror
-#define perror(string) fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", string, sys_errlist[errno])
+#define perror(string) fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", string, strerror(errno))
 
 #undef fputs
 #define fputs sh_fputs