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Re: -lsun Needed?

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From: Dave Olson
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:34
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In <DERAADT.93Jan10214450@newt.newt.cuc.ab.ca> deraadt@newt.cuc.ab.ca (Theo de Raadt) writes:

| In the past, to access YP you needed to specify -lsun when linking a program.
| Is this still needed? What's the exact details concerning this nowadays?
| I'd appreciate mail.. thanks bunches.

Yes.  In IRIX 5.0, we will finall fold it into libc, with a new hack for
preventing use of the NIS functions when so desired, but for now, you 
need it if you use NIS/YP.
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because whoever is silent dissents.             |   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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