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From: chuq@sun.uucp (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: netstat / YP incompatibility
Message-ID: <3020@sun.uucp>
Date: Thu, 21-Nov-85 14:06:22 EST
Article-I.D.: sun.3020
Posted: Thu Nov 21 14:06:22 1985
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Organization: Sun Micro -- NFS Consulting Group
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> Index:	ucb/netstat/*.c 4.2BSD
> 
> Description:
> 	When compiled with SUN yellow pages code present, dumps core.
> 
> Cause:
> 	Use of word "socket" as a variable name ("struct socket socket")
> 	clashes with use of word "socket" as name of a system call,
> 	causing call to "socket" inside yellow pages library to transfer
> 	control to a data object, generally resulting in nonproductive
> 	program behavior.
> 
> Fix:
> 	Find all occurences of the variable "socket" and change them to
> 	something else, such as "wsocket".
> 

In the vanilla NFS distribution we ship to vendors, the structure is renamed
"struct socket s" to avoid this. The file involved is "ucb/netstat/inet.c".
If you use the version shipped on the NFS tape you won't have a problem.
-- 
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