ndoutils compilation problem on Solaris 10

Andreas Ericsson ae at op5.se
Tue Apr 18 12:58:07 CEST 2006


Damien Bastié wrote:
> Error again ...
> 
> asprintf doesn't exist ? I am trying to find a solution ....
> 

asprintf() is a GNU extension, so you likely won't find it on Solaris.

IMO asprintf() (and vasprintf()) are so evil they shouldn't be allowed 
in any program meant to be used by others. It is to C what Perl is to 
programming: convenient but nasty.

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