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From: brossard@sic.epfl.ch (Alain Brossard EPFL-SIC/SII)
Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew
Subject: Problem with sunos 4.1
Message-ID: <1196@sicsun.epfl.ch>
Date: 18 Mar 91 17:13:39 GMT
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   I'm trying to compile andrew on sunos 4.1 and I'm having lots of
problems.  The latest being:

make DESTDIR=/sic/install_andrew/sun4-4.1 install
rm -f dofix
cc -O4 -I/sic/install_andrew/sun4-4.1/include/atk -I/sic/install_andrew/sun4-4.1/include -I/sic/X11/include/X11   -o dofix ../machdep/machine/dofix.o ../lib/libclass.a /usr/lib/libresolv.a
ld: Undefined symbol
   _gethostent
*** Error code 2
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `dofix'
Current working directory /net/sasun1/sic/install_X11/X.V11R4/sun4-4.1/contrib/toolkits/andrew/overhead/class/cmd
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `dependInstall'
Current working directory /net/sasun1/sic/install_X11/X.V11R4/sun4-4.1/contrib/toolkits/andrew/overhead/class/cmd

    I have traced this to the fact that we are using the DNS routines
instead of /etc/hosts.  We remade our libc to use the DNS directly, so
we don't have gethostent in our libc.  In fact since /etc/hosts will never
be up to date anymore, we don't want any software using gethostent.

   Having said this, the problem, from andrew's point of view is deeper.
I have no idea what piece of Andrew uses gethostent, the reference
is hardwired in by the file overhead/class/machdep/sun_sparc/globalrefs._h:
globalref(_gethostent)
   and at the same time it is explicitely removed from the libc created
by the Imakefile:
-ar d libcx.a `cat DelList._`
   with DelList._ being:
staff%sasun1[148]$ grep host DelList._
gethostent.o

    So why is it hardwired in by globalrefs._h in ../machdep/machine/dofix.o?
    
   Am I the only one who uses DNS with andrew (at least trying to!)?
   
					Alain Brossard