Re: More on strdup and glibc2.1

["Collins M. Ben " <bmc@visi.net>]

On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 10:57:02AM -0700, Hugh Caley wrote:
> As you suggested, commenting out the strdup definition in /include/ac/string.h
> does allow the compile to complete, but seems to lead to another problem:
> ldif2ldbm doesn't seem to work.  I get no errors, and it seems to run, but when
> I check the folder I have defined for the data files there is just nothing
> there.
> 
> I have used ldbm2ldif succesfully on builds i've done on Solaris and Linux x86,
> so I think I am using it properly.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.  As background, I am trying to compile and use
> OpenLDAP 1.2.1 on a Powermac running LinuxPPC-pre-R5, which includes the
> glibc2.1 libraries.  The compile file hangs on just about every module with an
> error something like "Invalid Parameters passed to strdup". 

I have also experienced similar problems and it seems to relate to some
db_env (mis)usage in the db2 that comes with glibc 2.1.1 (openldap error,
not glibc 2.1 or db2)...I think we have this resolved in the devel tree. 
I'll see if I can send you a patch later this evening when I get home. 

Ben