Re: 2.3.99-p6 + devfs 165 = undef. ref to yp_all in devfsd 1.3.6

[Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dag Bakke writes:
> I just installed the 2.3.99-pre6 sources + devfs patch 165. Compiling
> devfsd 1.3.6 yields:
> 
> cc -O2 -o devfsd devfsd.o expression.o -O2 -I. -Wall  -ldl
> devfsd.o: In function `read_config':
> devfsd.o(.text+0x72e): undefined reference to `yp_all'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [devfsd] Error 1
> 
> I have no NIS support installed on this particular system.
> /usr/src/linux is a symlink to the 2.3.99-pre6 sources.
> Using glibc 2.1.3.

What happens if you add -lnsl or -lnss_nis?

Could all people who reported problems (and others too:-) please try
compiling devfsd on their systems and tell me which library is
required (try it both ways), and what their system configuration is?

I have libc5 which has it yp_all(3) built-in.

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....
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