[openbeosnetteam] Re: libbind.so status

"Waldemar Kornewald" <Waldemar.Kornewald@xxxxxx> wrote:
> libbind.so compiles fine and there are not linker errors when I run 
> Mozilla.
> But it does not resolve the hostname. :(
> All functions are called, but select() always times out.

Almost nice :)

> Shall I commit the source so you can have a look at it, too? It would 
> be a 
> 1.2MB commit, so we should warn modem users on the main list.

Do that; I guess it's thought to go into the repository anyway.

> Unfortunately, I could not leave all headers and sources untouched. 
> The *_r functions want _REENTRANT to be defined, so I added
> #define _REENTRANT 1
> to netdb.h and resolv.h. Also, our private pthread code has some 
> issues 
> that need special handling. All changes are documented in DEVNOTES.

You've added those to public headers? Is that really needed?
Can't you just let the Jamfile define _REENTRANT when compiling 
libbind.so and change the headers not to care about _REENTRANT at all?

Bye,
   Axel.

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