RE: inet_aton configure test gets wrong result (ITS#1263)

[Kurt@OpenLDAP.org]

Please examine config.log for specifics and provide relevant
portions.

At 07:31 AM 2001-08-31, PBelbin@splitrock.net wrote:
>Well, when I use the configure tool, it runs through a bunch of tests, one
>of which is to see whether there is support for the inet_aton function.
>
>I'm using a sun workstation, and while the compiler doesn't barf (not sure
>why) - it's using gcc as the compiler, if you ever try to link the program,
>it will then fail.
>
>So, there's something odd about the fact that inet_aton isn'd causing a
>problem for the compiler, but when the linker tries to resolve the
>references, it doesn't find anything for it, and it fails only at that
>point.
>
>Does this help?
>
>summary:
>
>compiler doesn't complain.
>linker complains.
>
>It seems that perhaps the inet_aton test doesn't actually try linking, just
>compiling.
>
>peter.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kurt Zeilenga [mailto:openldap-its@OpenLDAP.org]
>Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 7:25 PM
>To: pbelbin@splitrock.net
>Subject: Re: inet_aton configure test gets wrong result (ITS#1263)
>
>
>Please provide details as to how inet_aton tests are failing.