dynamic linking feature or fault ?

[Jason Heirtzler]

Compile the following under SunOS 4.0

	#include <stdio.h>
	#include <netdb.h>

	main()
	{
	   struct hostent *h;

	   h = gethostent( );
	}

	sendto()
	{
	   printf( "hello\n" );
	}

When you run it, it will print "hello" and then hang.  In the bowels of
gethostent there's a call to YP (no matter that I wasn't running YP..)
which wants to call the sendto(2) in libc, but instead..

While this lends itself to all kinds of neat hacks, the question is: is ld
doing the correct thing ?  Should it complain about a doublely defined
function ?  Should it do something different ?

Jason Heirtzler
Boston University