Sorry, as usual I was too hasty, googling to Syney Uni tells me I already have libnsl courtesy of glib and it's a network services library. so I need to fix the link script... and figure out why it creams my USB keyboard (broken hotplug ?). cheers Rod > Email message attachment, "Forwarded message - Re: [SLUG] What is > libnsl ?" > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > From: Darren Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Rod Butcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [SLUG] What is libnsl ? > > Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:20:20 +1100 > > Hi Rod > > > > On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Rod Butcher wrote: > > > > > Hello sluggers, I'm trying to build hal (hardware abstraction layer) for > > > Gnome's volume manager for 2.8. It comes with "-lnsl" not found - what > > > is libnsl.so if it exists, or is this a script bug ? I can't get into > > > the freedesktop.org site (where hal lives) because it's been hacked... > > > so no info. > > > thanks > > > Rod > > > > A quick google shows that it is part of libc and is called Name Services > > Layer > > according to: > > http://linux.about.com/cs/linux101/g/libnsl.htm > > Definition: libnsl: Name services library, a library of name service calls > > (getpwnam, getservbyname, etc...) on SVR4 Unixes. GNU libc uses this for the > > NIS (YP) and NIS+ functions. > > > > > -- > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Brought to you by a penguin, a gnu and a camel > > > > > > -- > > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > > On my RedHat 9 and Debian boxes it lives in /usr/lib > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > Darren Williams <dsw AT gelato.unsw.edu.au> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <www.gelato.unsw.edu.au> > > -------------------------------------------------- > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by a penguin, a gnu and a camel
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