?libc patch to add C99 routines [strtoll+] to 11.11?

[Lorenzo del Oeste]

A program that was linked on an 11.23 machine (and runs fine there) fails to load on 11.11, due to missing symbol strtoll in libc. [PA-RISC.]

We should be updating that 11.11 machine to 11.23, but it won't happen soon and tomorrow this will start blocking some people from doing their work.

I was hoping to find a patch for 11.11 that would bring libc up to speed, at least adding the C99 routines mentioned here: http://docs.hp.com/en/5990-6737/ch09s15.html#bgedgjje

But I've been unable to locate such a patch either Googling or searching the HP patch database.

Is there such a patch?

Or do I need to reconfigure the package in question (libcurl v7.15.3) and rebuild?

I could write my own strtoll(), of course, but wedging it into cURL for a short-term-fix seems like more work.

Thanks in advance.

Also, how does one tell what version of libc.sl one has (looking for the equivalent "version" with Sun's compilers)?

Larry West

[Dennis Handly · Accepted solution]

There is no such patch and I doubt there would be one. The only reason those functions were added to 11.23 is I mentioned these were the most popular complaints.

I suppose you could take the functions out of the archive version of libc.a but this wouldn't be supported.

In general you should not expect applications created on OS N to work on N-1. And if you could get past your unsat, you may have a bunch of other problems.

To check the version, you could do:
$ /usr/sbin/swlist -l patch | fgrep "libc"

Or use what(1) on libc. It should have the patch ID (PHCO_25452 below):
$ what /usr/lib/libc.sl
/usr/lib/libc.sl:
$ PATCH_11.11/PHCO_25452 Dec 19 2001 06:56:51 $

[Lorenzo del Oeste]

Mr. Handly:

Thanks very much. That wasn't the answer I was *hoping* for, but it does seem correct.

And thanks for telling me what's "what":-) That's just what I was looking for.

Larry