Re: libresolv and freebsd

Yes.
I'd also like to give a nice reworking to the pthread-detection logic
which seems a bit overcomplicated
(also, on Opensolaris pthread_* are now libc, with stubs in libpthread
and libthread).

  K.

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Henrik Nordstrom
<henrik_at_henriknordstrom.net> wrote:
> Quite likely we don't even need libresolv in the majority of cases, on
> pretty much all platforms.
>
> mån 2009-11-16 klockan 12:07 +0100 skrev Kinkie:
>> In configure.in there is something like this:
>>
>>  if test $ac_cv_lib_bind_gethostbyname = "no" ; then
>>      case "$host" in
>>         i386-*-freebsd*)
>>                 AC_MSG_NOTICE([skipping libresolv checks for $host])
>>                 ;;
>>         *)
>>                AC_CHECK_LIB(resolv, main)
>>                 ;;
>>      esac
>>  fi
>>
>> I fail to see what's the point in skipping this test.
>> I'd expect to get the same result with a simple(r)
>>
>> AC_SEARCH_LIBS([gethostbyname],[bind resolv])
>>
>> See my other request on moving form AC_CHECK_LIB to AC_SEARCH_LIBS.
>>
>> Thanks for any input.
>>
>
>

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    /kinkie