g++ 2.8 works OK and newer egcs work well also. Nobody has tried it
on other compilers :< You will need a properly working STL as well.
- A C library with the usual POSIX functions and a BSD socket layer.
- If you OS conforms to the Single Unix Spec then you are fine:
+ If your OS conforms to the Single Unix Spec then you are fine:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/index.html
- Refer to the Build-Depends information in debian/control for
additional requirements (some of which are Debian-specific)
** NOTICE **
The C++ global constructors do not link correctly when using non-shared
-libaries. This is probably the correct behavior of the linker, but I have
+libraries. This is probably the correct behavior of the linker, but I have
not yet had time to devise a work around for it. The correct thing to
do is add a reference to debSystem in apt-pkg/init.cc,
assert(&debSystem == 0) would be fine for instance.
much work to maintain patches for dysfunctional OSs. I highly suggest you
contact your vendor and express intrest in a conforming C library.
-That said, there are lots of finniky problems that must be delt with even
+That said, there are lots of finicky problems that must be dealt with even
between the supported OS's. Primarily the path I choose to take is to put
a shim header file in build/include that transparently adds the required
functionality. Patches to make autoconf detect these cases and generate the
* C99 integer types 'inttypes.h'
* sys/statvfs.h to convert from BSD/old-glibc statfs to SUS statvfs
* rfc2553 hostname resolution (methods/rfc*), shims to normal gethostbyname.
- The more adventerous could steal the KAME IPv6 enabled resolvers for those
+ The more adventurous could steal the KAME IPv6 enabled resolvers for those
OS's with IPv6 support but no rfc2553 (why?)
* define _XOPEN_EXTENDED_SOURCE to bring in h_errno on HP-UX
* socklen_t shim in netdb.h if the OS does not have socklen_t
-The only completely non-shimed OS is Linux with glibc2.1, glibc2.0 requires
+The only completely non-shimmed OS is Linux with glibc2.1, glibc2.0 requires
the first three shims.
Platform Notes
HP-UX
HP-UX nyquist B.10.20 C 9000/780 2016574337 32-user license
- Evil OS, does not conform very well to SUS
- 1) snprintf exists but is not prototyped, ignore spurios warnings
+ 1) snprintf exists but is not prototyped, ignore spurious warnings
2) No socklen_t
3) Requires -D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED for h_errno
configure should fix the last two (see above)