On 12/18/2001 2:04 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 01:49:15PM -0600, Kent Perrier wrote:
>
>>I am attempting to compile openldap (duh) and the configure fails
>>because I either don''t have a POSIX regex (which I cannot understand,
>>since I have reinstalled the POSIX regex library to make sure I had it)
>>or it is "broken." At least that is what configure tells me. Since I
>>saw a post to the list in October the 2.0.15 was compiled correctly I
>>assumed that 2.0.18 would as well. Is there anything special that I
>>need to do to get it to work?
>>
>
> Most if not all configure scripts expect the POSIX regex functionality
> in the standard libs. Therefore you'll have to add another check to
> configure.in which checks for a regex lib. See the OpenSSH configure.ac
> file for details.
So, I need to download the OpenSSH source to find this? Its not a
problem, but its a kluge to have to do this. I assume that there is a
good reason for the POSIX regex functionality not being in the standard
libs. Can you enlighten me as to the reason?
Kent
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