Problems with dlopen()

[jz_(_at_)_ob_(_dot_)_ml_(_dot_)_hp_(_dot_)_ux_(_dot_)_be]

Hello,

a program I want to compile with shared libraries enabled ahs
this C code in its config script:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <dlfcn.h>


int main (argc,argv)
   int argc;
   char * argv;
{
    char * C;
    void * handle = dlopen(LIBNAME,RTLD_NOW);
    typedef char * myfunc();
    myfunc * f_handle;

    if (!handle)
       exit(1);

    f_handle = dlsym(handle,"myfunc");
    if (!f_handle)
            exit(1);

    C = f_handle();

    if (C &&
        0 == strcmp(C,"succeed"))
        exit(0);

   dlclose(handle);

   exit(1);
}

Changing RTLD_NOW to DL_LAZY as man page suggested does not help.
This test succeeds unchanged on my Linux 2.2 and Solaris 8
systems. Reportedly it succeeds on IRIX also.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
jz
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