On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 02:18:30AM +0000, Jules Gilbert wrote:
> Can someone at OpenBSD help??
>
> I recently switched over from FreeBSD to OpenBSD, I needed the bump up in
> security.
> Anyway, the dlfunc routine seems not to work in OpenBSD. You know, this is
> part of the dynamic library stuff.
dlfunc() is FreeBSD specific and not part of the standard, but on the
internet you'll find implementation of dlfunc() in terms of dlsym().
>
> And very recently I moved to the clang system, again something that was
> forced on me. What I'd like is to finish my project...
> Now... I create C code, typically many thousands of lines of C, then I have
> to compile these routines and run them. When I only have several, no
> problem, I just edit the program to include them, done. But the program
> makes use of machine genetics, and the first cut is typically just that. The
> program makes a best-guess change and tackles the problem again. Testing
> involves running against a substantial test suite, so I don't have problems
> with over-training and such.
> On the other hand I have the very real and very bad problem that I can
> 'tchange this program, I can run what I built under FreeBSD, and I'm
> wondering if I have to keep one box running under that OS because there my
> stuff runs just fine.
> So... if you know how I can:
> a) make dlfunc work under OpenBSD, that would be good, that would solve my
> problem and maybe let me finish up. Or,
> b) load and run C routines under clang, that would be another solution,
> though I am more familar with GCC,
>
Too vague a question to answer.
-Otto
