Peter Wemm wrote: > Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > I also would like to hear from you whether or not you think that we > > need all those gethostbyXXX_r(3) functions. > > Yes. Because autoconf looks for them and will assume non-reentrancy if > they are not present. Also, for source compatability with linux and > solaris and just about everything else that implements this stuff. The > expectation is that gethostbyXXX is non-safe and that gethostbyXXX_r is > safe. If you can make the non_r versions safe then that is a bonus I guess.
Autoconf is evil pure and simple, from the 8th dimension. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message