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From: J.Crowcroft@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Jon Crowcroft)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: AIX v3.1: alloca and .<symbol>
Message-ID: <1441@ucl-cs.uucp>
Date: 15 Feb 91 12:41:23 GMT
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we're getting a number undefined symbols linking various programs

e.g.
1. .rusers (librpcsvc.a)
2. .alloca  (libc.a)
3. .flock (libbsd.a?)

can someone please:
a) explain the . instead of _  prefix
b) explain the manual page for alloca reference to mystirous cc/xlc
option to get the alloca symbol recogized * linked properly?
c) the missing-ness of rusers

jon