Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/06/12/15:50:25
Zahir Koradia wrote:
> Hi,
> This message might be specifically for Sam Robb but am sendign to the
> whole list as others may be able to help. I installed the binaries and
> downloaded the source of sunrpc while installing cygwin. I intended to
> use the function clnttcp_create present in clnt.h header. The anamoly
> I see is that in the header file the signature has no parameters and
> in the source code the function definition has parameters. The
> signature in the header file is
> /*
> * TCP based rpc
> * CLIENT *
> * clnttcp_create(raddr, prog, vers, sockp, sendsz, recvsz)
> * struct sockaddr_in *raddr;
> * u_long prog;
> * u_long version;
> * register int *sockp;
> * u_int sendsz;
> * u_int recvsz;
> */
> extern CLIENT *clnttcp_create( );
>
> and the source code (clnt_tcp.c) definition had the line
>
> CLIENT *
> clnttcp_create(raddr, prog, vers, sockp, sendsz, recvsz)
> struct sockaddr_in *raddr;
> u_long prog;
> u_long vers;
> register int *sockp;
> u_int sendsz;
> u_int recvsz;
> {
>
> This code does not compile. When I use the function with parameters in
> my code it gives me error "undefined reference to..." then i went and
> changed the signature in the header file itself. I did get past that
> error but now I have a loader error stating that there is no
> implementation for the function (with parameters).
>
> I wanted to know whether the binaries have the function with
> parameters or without them. To me having the function without the
> parameters seems unlikely. Where can I get the right header file? Am I
> going wrong somewhere myself?
>
> In clnt.h header file the macro definition
> #define clnt_destroy(rh) ((*(rh)->cl_ops->cl_destroy)(rh))
> is fault since if u look at the client structure u will notice that
> cl_destroy does not take any arguments. The definition should have
> been
> #define clnt_destroy(rh) ((*(rh)->cl_ops->cl_destroy)())
>
> Is the version that i have got very old? (It is 4.0.2 or 4.0.3 i dont
> rememebr exactly which one)
>
> Can some please clear thing out here?
>
> Thanx,
> Zahir Koradia
>
Wrong list. Cygwin-apps is for packaging issues. The cygwin list is for
bugs/problems/questions. I've cc'd that list and set the reply-to
appropriately.
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