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| author | Arch Librarian <arch@canonical.com> | 2004-09-20 16:55:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Arch Librarian <arch@canonical.com> | 2004-09-20 16:55:36 +0000 |
| commit | 1cecba4d13975dcc4933b5c28c175ce78907bb64 (patch) | |
| tree | e00e9aa2edfe9f7be79b5ed89c3a9985f147c469 /COMPILING | |
| parent | 69e7d3b27309e7e69994f0e761d7f608a1680683 (diff) | |
| download | apt-1cecba4d13975dcc4933b5c28c175ce78907bb64.tar.gz | |
More portability thingies
Author: jgg
Date: 1999-12-21 07:37:56 GMT
More portability thingies
Diffstat (limited to 'COMPILING')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions
@@ -30,9 +30,13 @@ Current shims: * C9x integer types 'inttypes.h' * sys/statvfs.h to convert from BSD/Linux statfs to SUS statvfs * rfc2553 hostname resolution (methods/rfc*), shims to normal gethostbyname. + The more adventerous could steal the KAME IPv6 enabled resolvers for those + OS's with IPv6 support but no rfc2553 (why?) + * define _XOPEN_EXTENDES_SOURCE to bring in h_errno on HP-UX + * socklen_t shim in netdb.h if the OS does not have socklen_t The only completely non-shimed OS is Linux with glibc2.1, glibc2.0 requires -all three shims. +the first three shims. Platform Notes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ Debian GNU Linux 'potato' - Works flawlessly - You will want to have debiandoc-sgml and yodl installed to get best results. - - No IPv6 Support in glibc's < 2.1 + - No IPv6 Support in glibc's < 2.1. Sun Solaris SunOS cab101 5.7 Generic_106541-04 sun4u sparc @@ -52,7 +56,8 @@ Sun Solaris OpenBSD OpenBSD gsb086 2.5 CMPUT#0 i386 unknown - Works fine - - OS needs 'ranlib' to generate the symbol table after 'ar'.. + - OS needs 'ranlib' to generate the symbol table after 'ar'.. (not using + GNU ar with the gnu tool chain :<) - Note, no IPv6 Support, OS lacks RFC 2553 hostname resolution HP-UX @@ -61,15 +66,6 @@ HP-UX 1) snprintf exists but is not prototyped, ignore spurios warnings 2) No socklen_t 3) Requires -D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED for h_errno - configure attempts to detect items 2 and 3, and tries to fix them. If - not, you can add the following into(patches welcome to configure.in) - build/include/netdb.h: - - #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED - #define socklen_t size_t - #include_next <netdb.h> - - A similar techinque can be used for snprintf/vsprintf if you dislike - the warnings + configure should fix the last two (see above) - Note, no IPv6 Support, OS lacks RFC 2553 hostname resolution |