Re: [PATCH] Add a local implementation of hstrerror for the system which do not have it

From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 18, 2007, 21:37 UTC
Message-ID: <20070618213749.GB16397@steel.home>
In-Reply-To: <4676F8EA.1030305@nrlssc.navy.mil>

Brandon Casey, Mon, Jun 18, 2007 23:28:10 +0200:

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> Alex Riesen wrote:
> >The function converts the value of h_errno (last error of name
> >resolver library, see netdb.h). One of systems which supposedly do
> >not have the function is SunOS. POSIX does not mandate its presence.
> 
> I saw a comment on another mailing list that hstrerror() is in the
> resolv library.
> 
>    So adding -lresolv should do it.
> 
> A quick compile works for my test program.
>

Ah-ha. Good to know, thanks!

Still, the patch is correct: no need for hstrerror there.