Robert Connolly wrote: > On Monday May 21 2007 09:25:44 am Dan Nicholson wrote: >> On 5/21/07, Robert Connolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hello. Ntpd, named, vsftpd, others, can use libcap. Will BLFS accept a >>> book patch for this, or should I make a hint? >> +1. Samba uses it, too. > > It looks like Bind9 uses its own internal libcap, but others still use the > external libcap. > > This will also involve patching the bootscripts, with something like: > make install-ntp-libcap
Looking at the code for ntp, it seems that libcap is only used if HAVE_DROPROOT is defined. This is only defined if $ac_clockctl and $ac_cv_header_sys_clockctl_h are 'yes' in configure. Looking at configure: $ac_clockctl requires sys/clockctl.h which appears to be BSD only $ac_cv_header_sys_clockctl_h seems to be used but never defined. The bottom line is that I don't see how libcap is ever used in ntp. I have not done any analysis on the other programs you mention. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
