Darren Reed writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >As meem said "because no-one else has this split and it makes developing > >code harder"... > > > > > > Meem is wrong about this. > HP-UX (at least some versions of 10.* and 11.*) have a seperate nsl library. > Whether anyone cares about that is another matter...
The System V holdouts are rare and few. Virtually all other systems don't torture application writers in this way, and the existing split *does* make things tough on users. It's not uncommon at all to try to compile source code, see a pile of undefined "socket" references, and have to hack around with LDFLAGS or ./configure options or some such to get things to work right. Some users just assume that Solaris doesn't support BSD sockets and end up walking away. It shouldn't be that hard. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
