ti chi writes: > > nm libsresolv.so | grep hstrerror reveals Note: libresolv.
> [1622]| 155404| 92|FUNC |GLOB |0 |9 |hstrerror > > - Ti > ti chi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ran autoconf on Solaris 8 with the AC_CHECK_FUNCS(... hstrerror ...) and it says >that hstrerror is not supported. So then, I defined an hstrerror structure but then >the compiler complains "netdb.h: previous declaration of hstrerror" > > Seems that autoconf is returning a false negative on Solaris 8 - what steps can I >take to further isolate this issue? You are using the wrong configure test. AC_CHECK_FUNCS() looks for functions only in the libraries that are currently in $LIBS (and libc). Use AC_CHECK_LIB instead.
