2008-11-27 07:34:56     undefined reference to `_forkpty'

2008-11-27 07:34:56     undefined reference to `_forkpty'

Parimala Baggiri (INDIA)

Message: 65905   

Hello,

           I am getting the error "undefined reference to 'forkpty'" function, even though I included pty.h file and linking it with -lutil. As I am not facing this problem for 'openpty' function, which is there in the same header(pty.h) file.

why is it? Am I missing something?

uClinux-Dist version:  uClinux-dist-2008R1-RC8

Thank You.

Regards,

Parimla.

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2008-11-27 09:17:17     Re: undefined reference to `_forkpty'

Wolfgang Muees (GERMANY)

Message: 65910   

Please explain why you expect to have "fork" in uclinux.

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2008-11-27 21:01:58     Re: undefined reference to `_forkpty'

Mike Frysinger (UNITED STATES)

Message: 65930   

like Wolfgang says, fork() does not work on no-mmu so why would forkpty() ?

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2008-11-27 23:34:25     Re: undefined reference to `_forkpty'

Parimala Baggiri (INDIA)

Message: 65937   

Hello Mike,

                     I am cross compiling my software for Blackfin which is written for Linux. I wanted to fork the telnet client process in my application. Now, I had gone through uClinux docs came to know that it is not supporting fork system call, instead vfork supported.

Thank you.

Regards,

Parimala.