on DU4.0d/alpha, gethostbyname_r is only declared with -D_REENTRANT
Tom Tromey
tromey@cygnus.com
Sat Jul 31 17:40:00 GMT 1999
>>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br> writes:
>> I think we ought to define _REENTRANT whenever we are using POSIX
>> threads.
Alexandre> The point is that I was *not* using POSIX threads.
Alexandre> Maybe we shouldn't use gethostbyname_r in this case...
Ah, ok. There is no point in using gethostbyname_r unless we are also
using POSIX threads. We don't need reentrancy when there is only a
single thread.
Tom
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