Re: On Digital Unix V4.0F

On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 01:11, Stanley Hopcroft wrote:
> Dear Sir,
> 
> I am writing to thank you for your letter and say,
> 
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 04:52:57PM +0100, [email protected] wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I tried to install netsaint-0.0.7 on Digital Unix V4.0F and failed.
> > I saw in this list, a couple of you had the same problem and asked for help
> > but
> > nobody have ever posted an answer.
> > 
> 
> Unfortunately, Digital Unix is not as common as an Intel Unix or
> Solaris; those that do have it may no longer be reading this list.
> 
> > On the netsaint web, it says it works on Digital Unix.
> > http://www.netsaint.org/ports.php
> > 
> > But to compile it, we need GNU version of "getopt", which is part of glibc.
> > As far as I know, there is no version of glibc ever runs on Digital Unix.
> 
> You may be mistaken about getopt being 'part of glibc'.

getopt is part of POSIX

> This FreeBSD host (4.7-RELEASE) has no glibc, but has a getopt

GNU getopt has a getopt_long_only function that we use in the plugins to
distinguish from the POSIX getopt. (The plugins also provide the code
for GNU getopt where getopt_long does not exist).

Wherever getop_long is called out in the nagios/netsaint code, it is
ifdef'd so it should only be compiled if getopt_long exists. But it does
require a POSIX getopt. Is there no getopt at all in Digital Unix?

If necessary, the getopt code used in the plugins could also be carried
over to nagios, i suppose.

--
Karl



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