[PATCH] NEWS: Mention __res_* compatibility symbols

Andreas Schwab schwab@linux-m68k.org
Wed Jul 21 12:24:01 GMT 2021


On Jul 21 2021, Florian Weimer wrote:

> +* The symbols __res_dnok, __res_hnok, __res_mailok, __res_mkquery,
> +  __res_nmkquery, __res_nquery, __res_nquerydomain, __res_nsearch,
> +  __res_nsend, __res_ownok, __res_query, __res_querydomain,
> +  __res_search, __res_send are no longer available for linking new
> +  applications.  Autoconf checks that use these symbols need to check
> +  the symbols without the __ prefix as well.  These symbols are now
> +  available without linking against libresolv.

I think this should just say that the symbols were renamed without the
prefix, without mentioning autoconf.

Andreas.

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