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From: dhandly@hpcllz2.HP.COM (Dennis Handly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: libc.a libresolv.a and strncasecomp() question
Message-ID: <3770067@hpcllz2.HP.COM>
Date: 21 Nov 90 10:51:50 GMT
References: <1150050@misty.boeing.com>
Organization: Hewlett Packard Calif. Language Lab
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>/ jsadler@misty.boeing.com (Jim Sadler) / 10:01 am  Nov 19, 1990 /
>The bsd version of ftpd has a call to strncasecmp().
>When I look at the libc.a nm shows:

>Symbols from /lib/libc.a[ruserpass.o]:
>Name                    Value   Scope  Type    Subspace
>$global$            |          |undef |data   |
>__filbuf            |          |undef |code   |
   ...
>getlong             |      1856|sdef  |entry  |$CODE$
>catch               |      2480|static|entry  |$CODE$
>strcasecmp          |      2504|static|entry  |$CODE$
>strncasecmp         |      2608|static|entry  |$CODE$

When you use nm, you should pipe it to:  
nm ???         | fgrep -v static | fgrep -v undef

>My first question is why does the linker give:
>ld: Unsatisfied symbols:    strncasecmp (code)

If you remove the static functions/data, you'll see why the linker doesn't
see it.  These functions/data are only available to ruserpass and any other
functions in that object file, ruserpass.o.

>My second question is how do I get around this ?

?? Does HP have any special BSD libraries??