Re: Probs with scotty 2.1.3 on Linux 2.0 machine

Burkard Meyendriesch (bum@malepartus.de)
Fri, 20 Sep 1996 19:34:07 +0200

Juergen Schoenwaelder writes:
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> Burkard Meyendriesch <bum@malepartus.de> said:
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> Burkard> I'm trying to install scotty 2.1.3 on my Linux 2.0
> Burkard> machine. Compilation of Tcl7.5 and Tk4.1 (as requested
> Burkard> in the README) works fine. So does the compilation of
> Burkard> scotty. But when I hit "make install" the following
> Burkard> error occurs:
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> Burkard> ./scotty: can't resolve symbol '__dn_skipname'
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> Burkard> Has anybody any idea what's going wrong?
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> This problem has nothing to do with your TCLLIBPATH. (I already
> changed the scotty to be a bit smarter about when to show this error
> message.) The symbol __dn_skipname should be found in you C library.
> Some Linux systems have an unusual resolver setup. You can either use
> libc 5.3.12 or install bind 4.9.4. I am using libc 5.3.12 on my laptop
> and it works out of the box.
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Thank you Juergen, this was the solution. I installed the bind 4.9.4
resolver library and everything works fine :-)

Burkard

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