FreeTDS Development Group

["ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT" <Frediano.Ziglio AT vodafone.com>]

> 
> > 
> > ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT wrote:
> > > I don't like all that code just to fix a problem for a 
> > single system but
> > > this problem has to be fixed... and problem reside on the 
> > system header
> > > so you are just writing a workaround...
> > 
> > Agreed.  In general it's better to test for the feature than 
> > for the OS,
> > but there's another general rule: it's better to fix bugs 
> > upstream than to
> > work around them, and workarounds don't have to be elegant.  
> > Or general. 
> > ;-)
> > 
> > With that in mind, let me try to save you some work, or at 
> > least offer a
> > better alternative.  Please read 
> > 
> > http://h50236.www5.hp.com/solutions/copartner/IA64/reference/P
> > orting_Tuning/portguideipf.pdf
> > and http://www.docs.hp.com/en/B9106-90013/xopen_networking.7.html.  
> > 
> > It looks like defining _XOPEN_SOURCE might do the trick.  
> Certainly HP
> > knows about the conflict.  
> > 
> > I suggest the OP go back to HP and see if there's some way to 
> > define his
> > environment such that FreeTDS compiles without your patch.  If he's
> > willing to do that but needs a clearer test case, would you 
> > be willing to
> > create one?  
> > 
> > Regards, 
> > 
> 
> Now I understood! If _XOPEN_SOURCE and _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED are
> defined Unix98 are defined but you have to link libxnet to get these
> functions. Are we sure however that using -lxnet will use these
> functions instead of libc one?? Even libc is defined... I'll try...
> 
> If this works changing configure adding -lxnet for hp-ux will work.
> 

This patch it's much smaller and works as expected !!!
Just add -lxnet for hp-ux...

freddy77

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