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From: | Alain Magloire <alainm AT rcsm DOT ece DOT mcgill DOT ca> |
Message-Id: | <199905121855.OAA27122@mccoy2.ECE.McGill.CA> |
Subject: | Re: $HOSTNAME doesn't override library code |
To: | djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com |
Date: | Wed, 12 May 1999 14:55:02 -0400 (EDT) |
In-Reply-To: | <3738C473.D2105F0D@meridian22.net> from "Richard Dawe" at May 12, 99 00:59:47 am |
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Bonjour > I've just been looking at the source file > src/libc/compat/unistd/gethostn.c and I noticed that you cannot override > the string returned by gethostname() by setting $HOSTNAME. Would it not be > better to let the user override it? Otherwise programs are stuck with the > ugly LAN Manager names - no DNS domain name, etc. Should not the application be link with the library cc -o app app.c -lsocket libsocket.a should overide libc .. no ? -- au revoir, alain ---- Aussi haut que l'on soit assis, on est toujours assis que sur son cul !!!
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