[news.software.b] LOGDIR bug in news

don@grc.UUCP (Donald D. Woelz) (12/10/87)

For the past several patch levels of the B news software, I have been
having a problem with the  inability of the make process to find
logdir.o for several modules.  I do not define LOGDIR in my defs.h
file as I do not have a logdir system call available on my system.
However, make breaks and tells me it cannot find logdir.o first
referenced in ifuncs.o.

I have spent some time trying to find out why this happens but I am not
a C guru and ended up just patching my Makefile by defining LIBS = logdir.o
for my system.  I am running System V Release 2 on an nsc32000 based
system.

Can anyone out there give me a clue as to why this is happening?  Is
this a real bug or is it just something weird with my machine or the
way I am building the software?

Hoping to hear from you.
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