Re: [boost] [asio].[hp-ux].[1_33_1] Build related issue

From: Christopher Kohlhoff (chris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-13 06:37:46

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:11:01 +0530, Gaurav.Jain_at_[hidden] said:
> # if defined(_AIX)
> #  define ss_family __ss_family
> # endif

Nice ;)

> and line #276 of /boost/asio/error.hpp
>  #elif defined(__MACH__) && defined(__APPLE__) || defined(_AIX)  But
> still errors related to gethostbyaddr_r() and gethostbyname_r() crop up.
>  Please let know if I can continue to work on this and if possible get a
> resolution.

If you can try 0.3.8 you might find this error goes away, because
gethostbyaddr_r and gethostbyname_r are only required if getaddrinfo and
getnameinfo are unavailable or don't work correctly. As far as I can
tell by googling, these last two functions are available on AIX.

Cheers,
Chris