On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Peter Wemm wrote: > Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > I also would like to hear from you whether or not you think that we > > need all those gethostbyXXX_r(3) functions. > > Yes. Because autoconf looks for them and will assume non-reentrancy if > they are not present. Also, for source compatability with linux and > solaris and just about everything else that implements this stuff. The > expectation is that gethostbyXXX is non-safe and that gethostbyXXX_r is > safe. If you can make the non_r versions safe then that is a bonus I guess.
You are aware that Solaris's version of gethostbyname_r() has a different interface than Linux's (glibc 2.whatever) variant, and that both differ from AIX's gethostbyname_r()... right? Also, some systems (HP-UX 11 and Irix [not sure, though]) have a reentrant gethostbyname(), possibly alongside a _r version marked "obsolete". So, even though I agree that having _r versions might be useful, neither autoconf (which has to be smarter than just looking for a "_r" version), nor source compatibility should be considered the main reasons, IMHO. $.02, /Mikko Mikko Ty�l�j�[EMAIL PROTECTED] RSA Security To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
