[GRASS5] Purpose of XDRLIB

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 10:36:58AM +0000, Justin Hickey wrote:
> Hello all
> 
> In trying to compile the binaries for SGI I noticed that my linker (ld) does
> not use the XDRLIB for resolving anything for many modules and the modules seem
> to link fine (ie there are no link errors of undefined symbols). Is this the
> case for other platforms? Why is it included in so many modules that don't seem
> to need it? Or does SGI provide the functionality in another library?
> 
> Any comments or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Hello Justin,

the XDRLIB is set on Solaris and Linux (-lnsl parameter to CC).
I don't know the use for it but it is essential for these
platforms.

Cheers

 Markus

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