On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 08:37:14AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 07:26:18PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 12:32:29AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > > > > It's a problem because configure doesn't find it anymore. It > > > doesn't include resolv.h so it doesn't know that it gets changed > > > to __res_*. > > > > That's a bug in the affected configure scripts, then. I believe > > autoconf 2.5x is capable of handling this correctly. > > Openssh 3.8p1-2 is using autoconf 2.52 and has the problem, krb5 > 1.3.2 is even using 2.59. > > krb5 for instance returns this: > checking for res_search... no > checking for res_search in -lresolv... no > configure: error: Cannot find resolver support routine res_search in -lresolv. > make: *** [configure-stamp] Error 1 > > The test program looks like: > | char res_search (); > | int > | main () > | { > | res_search (); > | ; > | return 0; > | } > > Without resolv.h it will not find __res_search, with resolv.h it > will fail to compile because of "too few arguments to function".
Then write an AC_COMPILE_IFELSE test for it. This is a fundamental limitation of the way autoconf tests for functions that no standard requires to be external names - like this one. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]