Attachment "nbsd_gethostbyname.diff" to
ticket [9146698599]
added by
emiliano
2015-11-01 21:35:58.
NetBSD gethostbyname_r is not compatible with Tcl usage
Index: unix/configure.in
==================================================================
--- unix/configure.in
+++ unix/configure.in
@@ -253,10 +253,15 @@
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_MTSAFE_GETHOSTBYNAME, 1,
[Do we have MT-safe gethostbyname() ?])
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_MTSAFE_GETHOSTBYADDR, 1,
[Do we have MT-safe gethostbyaddr() ?])
+ elif test "`uname -s`" = "NetBSD"; then
+ # Do nothing. NetBSD's gethostbyname_r is not compatible
+ # with our usage, and is not clear from the documentation
+ # whether gethostbyname is MT-safe or not, so better play safe.
+
else
SC_TCL_GETHOSTBYNAME_R
SC_TCL_GETHOSTBYADDR_R
fi
fi
