* Casper H.S. Dik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-02-17 03:37]: > Al Hopper wrote: > > >Why is there no symbolic (libuutil.so) link to libuutil.so.1? > > > >It seems consistant, or consistantly absent, for quite a few releases - so > >I must be missing something.... > > > It's an indication that the library is a private library; another such > indication would be that there are no manual pages for the particular > library and functions. > > No manual page - should not call the functions > No .so link - you should not link against it (directly) > > It is, of course, possible that such a library is used by a library you > link against, but then only for the private use of the function.
Making the libuutil interfaces public at some level is on my (and Liane's and probably a few others') to-do list. If you're interested in starting on this work, let me know: it has some interfaces that are ready for publication, it has a few pieces that need work (or mdb(1) module additions), and it has some stuff that is best ripped out. - Stephen -- Stephen Hahn, PhD Solaris Kernel Development, Sun Microsystems [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blogs.sun.com/sch/ _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
