> zsh started failing to build it static variant on hurd-i386 since we > added the sendmsg(SCM_RIGHTS) patch. This is because it uses getauth(), > which thus pulls hurdports.o from libcrt.a, and thus getproc(), for > which zsh already provides a symbol, and they hence conflict. > > Emilio, do you remember why using getauth(), and not one of > _hurd_id.rid_auth or __USEPORT?
Using nearly any libc function without a __ prefix in a function like sendmsg is bogus. Namespace troubles aside, any libc-internal code really ought to be using __USEPORT/HURD_PORT_USE rather than paying the syscall overhead of mach_port_mod_refs+mach_port_deallocate calls. Thanks, Roland
