In message <199812051359.NAA13992@sun52.NIS.cambridge>,
     Richard Earnshaw wrote:

> > 
> > [snip]
> > But since a few weeks the kvm programs don't behave the same. E.g. at
> > the moment I have a working 'ps' binary that I built from current but
> > 'netstat' (also built from current) refuses to work. The kvm programs
> > that refuse to work all fail at the point when they call kvm_open() or
> > kvm_openfiles():
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
> > 
> > I compared the code of 'ps' and 'netstat'. Both use kvm_openfiles()
> > with the same parameters. 'ps' works ok but 'netstat' does not.
> > 
> > Can somebody give me a hint why these two programs behave differently
> > despite using the same code?
> 
> netstat is dynamically linked, whereas ps is statically linked.  Are you
> installing the new libkvm.so? 

Yes, I think I do. I do 'make' and 'make install' in /usr/src/lib. I'll try
and see if linking statically and linking dynamically makes a difference.


> 
> Richard
> 
> 

Regards,
   Stefan
   
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