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

From: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Date: Jun 18, 2007, 21:34 UTC
Message-ID: <4676FA59.5040602@nrlssc.navy.mil>
In-Reply-To: <4676F8EA.1030305@nrlssc.navy.mil>

Brandon Casey wrote:

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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.

Here's a SunOS5.9 man page for hstrerror:

http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?hstrerror+3RESOLV

which shows:

    cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lresolv  -lsocket  -lnsl [ library ... ]

-brandon