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From: jsadler@misty.boeing.com (Jim Sadler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: libc.a libresolv.a and strncasecomp() question
Message-ID: <1150052@misty.boeing.com>
Date: 27 Nov 90 21:28:30 GMT
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Organization: Boeing Commercial Airplane BCS Support
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>/ misty:comp.sys.hp / raf@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Rick Ferreri) /  8:20 am  Nov 21, 1990 /
>> / hpfcdc:comp.sys.hp / jsadler@misty.boeing.com (Jim Sadler) / 11:01 am  Nov 19, 1990 /
>> 
>> 
>> My first question is why does the linker give:
>> 
>> ld: Unsatisfied symbols:
>>    strncasecmp (code)
>
>The strncasecmp that you see when you nm libc.a is a "static entry" not an
>"extern entry".  It cannot be reached externally.  In other words, the 

	Thanks for the info.
>
>> 
>> My second question is how do I get around this ?
>
>Again.  Try linking in libBSD.a.

	Nope.  It's not in 7.0 libBSD.a.  I've been told it will be in
	8.0 but that's at least 5-6 months away for us customer types.
>
>> 
>> The reason I'm using the BSD version of ftpd is that it's been modified
>> to provide the logging that we need.
>> 
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Rick Ferreri
>
>#include <standard disclaimer>
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