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From: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a local implementation of hstrerror for the system
 which do not have it
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:28:10 -0500
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Alex Riesen wrote:
> The function converts the value of h_errno (last error of name
> resolver library, see netdb.h). One of systems which supposedly do
> not have the function is SunOS. POSIX does not mandate its presence.

I saw a comment on another mailing list that hstrerror() is in the
resolv library.

    So adding -lresolv should do it.

A quick compile works for my test program.

-brandon