Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 01:27:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: Igor Robul <igorr@speechpro.com>, FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: math/grace port: "libXcursor.so.1.0" not found ?? [SOLVED] Message-ID: <20051028082711.18912.qmail@web36214.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4361DCA6.7030201@speechpro.com>
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--- Igor Robul <igorr@speechpro.com> wrote:
> Rob wrote:
>
> >>
> >>The dlsym() function returns a null pointer if the
> >>symbol cannot be
> >>found, and sets an error condition
> >> which may be queried with dlerror().
> >>
> >>
> >
> >This is a matter of symantic and logic.
> >
> >I /can/ read this as follows:
> >
> >If the symbol cannot be found, then dlsym() returns
> >a null pointer *AND* sets the error condition.
> >
> >
> Ok, English is not my native language, and I even
> had not learned it in
> school :-).
Neither is it for me, though I had some English
language classes at high school.
However, I assume everybody to understand the
language of logic and symantics when it comes to
computer problems :).
> >However, dlsym() can also return the null pointer,
> >*WITHOUT* setting the error condition. The latter
> >case seems to be better specified in the Linux
> >manpages of dlsym(). Hence the conflict between
> >FreeBSD and Linux/Grace, I guess.
> >
> >
> Maybe. But I see conflict in using
> previous/non-grace result from dlerror(), which
> I think grace should not do.
Indeed, so the proper way is to call dlerror()
prior to a dlsym() call, to reset any previous
error condition. Something like this:
/* clear error condition */
dlerror();
/* use dlsym and check for error */
data = dlsym(....);
if ( (error = dlerror()) != NULL ) {
errmsg(error);
return FAILURE;
}
Rob.
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