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From: j@interface-business.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: -lsocket, -lnet, -linet and shared libraries
Date: 30 Oct 1995 14:13:20 +0100
Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden
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Colin P. Ryan <drop@lglobal.com> wrote:

>Often when compiling applications I get errors trying to find shared
>library entities like -lsocket, -lcrypt, -lnet etc et.

I don't know about -lcrypt (and perhaps this is even different between
US and non-US versions), but you most likely don't need a specific
-lsocket or -lnet under BSDs.  Everything you need is in -lc.
-- 
J"org Wunsch					       Unix support engineer
joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de
					[private: http://www.sax.de/~joerg/]