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Subject: Re: -lPW on hpux
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From: Neal Becker <neal@ctd.comsat.com>
Date: 12 Jun 1997 11:25:28 -0400
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>>>>> "William" == William M Perry <wmperry@aventail.com> writes:

    William> Neal Becker <neal@ctd.comsat.com> writes:
    >> I just tried configuring b6 on hpux9.05.  It adds -lPW to link.  On hpux9
    >> (at least) -lPW has some undesirable crap in it (I've forgotten what) and
    >> should be avoided.  AFAIK, it's only useful if you need alloca.  You
    >> don't if you build with gcc.  But -lPW has some stuff that overides stuff
    >> in libc.  If you really have to, you can say -lc -lPW -lc.  But if all
    >> you want is alloca, there's better alternatives.

    William>   Can't you get alloca() and friends by specifying +Olibcalls with the c89
    William> compiler?

No idea.



