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Date:      Mon, 18 Aug 1997 19:55:10 -0700
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        brian@firehouse.net
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [Fwd: Re: Please Help Me Understand dlopen()]
Message-ID:  <199708190255.TAA06175@austin.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970818182539.4166A-100000@shell.firehouse.net>
References:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.970818182539.4166A-100000@shell.firehouse.net>

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In article <Pine.BSI.3.95.970818182539.4166A-100000@shell.firehouse.net>,
Brian Mitchell  <brian@firehouse.net> wrote:

> If you dlsym() a nonexistant symbol, freebsd (in 2.2.1 atleast)
> returns a NULL pointer but does not (as it should) set the dlerror()
> errorcode.

Yes, that's a bug that I just discovered and fixed in a commit to
-current on August 2nd.  I merged it into the -2.2 branch on August
8th.

John
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   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                Seattle, Washington USA
   "Self-knowledge is always bad news."                 -- John Barth



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