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Article #157Re: Perl 3.0 Beta, gethostent() and the DNS; also, make x2p
From: Steve Alexander
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1989 13:21
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1989 13:21
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In article <7199@rpi.edu> tale@pawl.rpi.edu writes:
>Perl wouldn't compile on our SunOS 4.0.3 Sun3 systems because we're
>using the resolver routines from UUNET. gethostent() isn't provided
>so the loader bombed with undefined symbol _gethostent.
You ought to be able to use _gethtent instead of gethostent. At least
this is true for 4.3BSD versions of the resolver. _gethtent is what
the gethostby* routines use to look up hosts if the nameserver isn't up.
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Steve Alexander, Software Technologies Group | stevea@i88.isc.com
Interactive Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL | ...!{sun,ico}!laidbak!stevea
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!rutgers!bellcore!att!laidbak!laiter!stevea From: stevea@laiter.i88.isc.com (Steve Alexander) Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs,alt.sources.d Subject: Re: Perl 3.0 Beta, gethostent() and the DNS; also, make x2p Message-ID: <1989Sep12.132133.10226@i88.isc.com> Date: 12 Sep 89 13:21:33 GMT References: <7199@rpi.edu> Sender: usenet@i88.isc.com (Usenet News) Reply-To: stevea@i88.isc.com (Steve Alexander) Organization: Interactive Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL Lines: 12