> > SYNOPSIS > > cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lsocket -lnsl [ library ... ] > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > This is one of those Linux familiarity issues. Any reason not to have > at least filters in libc for these?
It's possible. However, not everything from libnsl belongs in libc and we currently have two very-similar socket libraries via libsocket and libxnet -- and for the most part it's the libxnet stuff that belongs in libc since it isn't constrained by ancient things like 4.3-style `struct msghdr'. I think there's an RFE open for this. I keep thinking I'll get a chance to do this myself but so far I haven't gotten to it. -- meem
