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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.admin
- Subject: Re: -lsun Needed?
- Message-ID: <uogh5hc@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 18:34:51 GMT
- References: <DERAADT.93Jan10214450@newt.newt.cuc.ab.ca>
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- In <DERAADT.93Jan10214450@newt.newt.cuc.ab.ca> deraadt@newt.cuc.ab.ca (Theo de Raadt) writes:
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- | In the past, to access YP you needed to specify -lsun when linking a program.
- | Is this still needed? What's the exact details concerning this nowadays?
- | I'd appreciate mail.. thanks bunches.
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- Yes. In IRIX 5.0, we will finall fold it into libc, with a new hack for
- preventing use of the NIS functions when so desired, but for now, you
- need it if you use NIS/YP.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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