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@@ -8,10 +8,19 @@ To compile this you need a couple things
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- A working ANSI C++ compiler, this is not g++ 2.7.*
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g++ 2.8 works OK and newer egcs work well also. Nobody has tried it
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on other compilers :< You will need a properly working STL as well.
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+ g++ 3 does not presently work because they made the STL headers
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+ use namespaces.
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- A C library with the usual POSIX functions and a BSD socket layer.
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- If you OS conforms to the Single User Spec then you are fine:
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+ If you OS conforms to the Single Unix Spec then you are fine:
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http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/index.html
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+** NOTICE **
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+The C++ global constructors do not link correctly when using non-shared
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+libaries. This is probably the correct behavior of the linker, but I have
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+not yet had time to devise a work around for it. The correct thing to
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+do is add a reference to debSystem in apt-pkg/init.cc,
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+assert(&debSystem == 0) would be fine for instance.
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+
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Guidelines
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~~~~~~~~~~
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I am not interested in making 'ultra portable code'. I will accept patches
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@@ -27,12 +36,12 @@ functionality. Patches to make autoconf detect these cases and generate the
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required shims are OK.
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Current shims:
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- * C9x integer types 'inttypes.h'
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- * sys/statvfs.h to convert from BSD/Linux statfs to SUS statvfs
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+ * C99 integer types 'inttypes.h'
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+ * sys/statvfs.h to convert from BSD/old-glibc statfs to SUS statvfs
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* rfc2553 hostname resolution (methods/rfc*), shims to normal gethostbyname.
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The more adventerous could steal the KAME IPv6 enabled resolvers for those
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OS's with IPv6 support but no rfc2553 (why?)
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- * define _XOPEN_EXTENDES_SOURCE to bring in h_errno on HP-UX
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+ * define _XOPEN_EXTENDED_SOURCE to bring in h_errno on HP-UX
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* socklen_t shim in netdb.h if the OS does not have socklen_t
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The only completely non-shimed OS is Linux with glibc2.1, glibc2.0 requires
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@@ -42,24 +51,29 @@ Platform Notes
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Debian GNU Linux 2.1 'slink'
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Debian GNU Linux 'potato'
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+Debian GNU Linux 'woody'
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* All Archs
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- Works flawlessly
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- - You will want to have debiandoc-sgml and yodl installed to get
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+ - You will want to have debiandoc-sgml and docbook2man installed to get
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best results.
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- No IPv6 Support in glibc's < 2.1.
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Sun Solaris
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SunOS cab101 5.7 Generic_106541-04 sun4u sparc
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+ SunOS csu201 5.8 Generic_108528-04 sun4u sparc
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- Works fine
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- Note, no IPv6 Support, OS lacks RFC 2553 hostname resolution
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OpenBSD
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OpenBSD gsb086 2.5 CMPUT#0 i386 unknown
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- - Works fine
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+ OpenBSD csu101 2.7 CMPUT#1 i386 unknown
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- OS needs 'ranlib' to generate the symbol table after 'ar'.. (not using
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GNU ar with the gnu tool chain :<)
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- - Note, no IPv6 Support, OS lacks RFC 2553 hostname resolution
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-
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+ - '2.5' does not have RFC 2553 hostname resolution, but '2.7' does
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+ - Testing on '2.7' suggests the OS has a bug in its handling of
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+ ftruncate on files that have been written via mmap. It fills the page
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+ that crosses the truncation boundary with 0's.
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+
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HP-UX
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HP-UX nyquist B.10.20 C 9000/780 2016574337 32-user license
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- Evil OS, does not conform very well to SUS
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