Peter, I assume this is to be applied to 7.3, right?
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bill Studenmund writes:
>
> > The problem I had with AC_SEARCH_LIBS was that if I don't add all of the
> > libraries (-lasn1 -lroken etc.) the test program won't compile, even
> > though the .o compiles fine. Can we make the test only depend on
> > generating a .o?
>
> That wouldn't tell you a whole lot about the existence of a function. You
> do need to link to be able to verify that.
>
> > I'd like to make it a bug fix for 7.2 if we can, so I'd appreciate the
> > help. I can test any new versions of the patch. :-)
>
> The attached patch should handle the different struct members (at least it
> doesn't break them for me) and it doesn't gratuitously fail on libraries
> that are not really needed. I haven't done anything about -lasn1 -lroken
> -lcrypto because I'd need to know what functions you need from there. You
> should be able to get it to work when you configure thus:
>
> $ LIBS='-lasn1 -lroken -lcrypto' ./configure --with-krb5 ...other options...
>
> If you can confirm that this patch works I can check it in so it appears
> in whatever beta3+1 is going to be. However, be aware that we're
> approaching the first release candidate, and since this issue doesn't
> represent a regression from 7.1 it's not going to hold up the release.
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net
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