Re: PL/Perl and Perl 5.8

On 10/18/02, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > The HAS_CRYPT_R is true because the function is available even without the
> > prototype, but the struct is not. A plain bug in Perl's configury
> > mechanism.
>
> Yeah, that's true. The question is whether it's worth working around
> the bug. IMHO, yes -- but what do other people think?

this message spells out the problem & solution nicely:

http://mailman.cs.uchicago.edu/pipermail/swig-dev/2002-September/
008056.html

jr

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