On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 05:07:49PM -0300, Martin Ferrari wrote: > Package: libc6 > Version: 2.3.2.ds1-20 > Severity: normal > > > I'm using functions defined in arpa/nameser.h, undocumented in libc, but > explained in chapter 12 of O'Reilly's DNS & BIND (ISBN: 0-596-00158-4). > I do think that this lack of documentation is also a bug. > > They are included in /usr/lib/libresolv.a from libc6-dev package, but > not in libresolv.so. Below is included a small example program to > demonstrate this. > > This is the error: > > $ gcc -Wall -pedantic test.c -lresolv -o test > /tmp/cc6jU6ZL.o(.text+0xa4): In function `main': > : undefined reference to `__ns_initparse' > /tmp/cc6jU6ZL.o(.text+0x124): In function `main': > : undefined reference to `__ns_parserr' > /tmp/cc6jU6ZL.o(.text+0x190): In function `main': > : undefined reference to `__ns_name_uncompress' > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > $ > > But this works: > > $ gcc -Wall -pedantic test.c /usr/lib/libresolv.a -o test > $
FYI, they are in libresolv.so, but deliberately not exported. Static linking ignores the export checks. Whether they should be or not, I have no opinion. -- Daniel Jacobowitz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
