[GRASS5] XEXTRALIBS and -lsocket

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:08:11AM +0000, Markus Neteler wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 04:08:16PM +0700, Justin Hickey wrote:
> > Hi Markus
> > 
> > Markus Neteler wrote:
> > > Note: The head file contains:
> > > 
> > >  Linux: XEXTRALIBS =
> > > 
> > >  Solaris: XEXTRALIBS = -lsocket  -lnsl
> > > 
> > >           -lnsl is present in XDRLIB as well on Solaris.
> > 
> > Why is -lsocket (and -lnsl for that matter) defined for the XEXTRALIBS
> > make variable? Sockets have nothing to do with the X window system. I
> > would suggest to create another make variable for sockets. Mixing
> > libraries with inappropriate make variables is only confusing. We should
> > be trying to minimize confusion, not adding to it.
> Accepted! But this is done by "configure"... not my idea.

an addition:
It seems to result from the "gethostname" test in configure[.in]

 Markus

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