Re: Detection of <resolv.h> in BSD.

[Mats Erik Andersson]

onsdag den 15 augusti 2012 klockan 11:58 skrev Mats Erik Andersson detta:
> fredag den 10 augusti 2012 klockan 09:47 skrev Simon Josefsson detta:
> > Mats, could you please re-try whether -lresolv detection works on BSDs?
> > I have changed it to use AC_LIB_HAVE_LINKFLAGS instead which should be
> > more reliable and flexible.  What I'm uncertain about is: doesn't BSDs
> > provide libresolv at all?
> 
> Answer, first installment for convenience:
> 
>   DragonflyBSD, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD
> 
>     * do not provide libresolv at all;

Second installment:

Suffice it to test FreeBSD:

  * res_query() is not detected.

The reason is that you diligently removed the
case where res_query() be available without
libresolv. A case which I carefully crafted
to be available in my patch suggestion.


Best regards,

  Mats E A