On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Bill Fenner wrote:
> >I cannot use the generated configure, as I have made changes to
> >configure{,.in}, and others. (or actually I could, but that would be
> >dirty.)
>
> Are these changes worth including?
I've posted the changes on here, and received no feedback, so I can't
say...
1) drop root to <name> with -U flag. (no changes to configure)
This is in use in RHL 7.2.
2)'--with-user=<name>' flag which can be used to make tcpdump drop root by
default to <name>. This will probably be used in a next release of RHL.
> We really need to go through aclocal.m4 and see what of the LBL stuff
> we can switch to "modern" autoconf (hopefully sticking to the tiny
> subset of autoconf that is compatible with both 2.13 and 2.52).
> Much of aclocal.m4 is the way it is to work around vintage autoconf
> limitations.
>
> Adding an entry for "const" in acconfig.h results in duplicate
> definitions in config.h when using 2.13; I suppose this shouldn't
> actually be a problem for a workaround.
Oh well, I can manage with my local patching I guess, but sooner or later
this will have to be settled.
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Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall"
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