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Subject: Re: netbd.h, sockets.h, in.h and types.h don't work
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> From: pjfarley AT banet DOT net (Peter J. Farley III)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 17:46:32 GMT
> 
> netinet/in.h defines "ntohl", and the application I referred to also
> has a "default" definition for "ntohl" and other networking functions
> that happens when it can't correctly determine the "unix" environment
> in which you are compiling.

The right thing to do is to probe the target environment for available
functions, and refrain from providing replacements if they aren't
needed.