[uClibc]openssh configure errors

[Manuel Novoa III]

On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 12:08:34PM -0700, Amir Malik wrote:
> When I try to compile openssh-3.1p1:
> 
> # echo $PATH
> /usr/i386-linux-uclibc/bin/:blablabla...
> 
> # ./configure --without-pam --without-lastlog --without-utmpx --with-ipv4-
> default --with-lib=/usr/i386-linux-uclibc/lib/
> 
> checking whether snprintf correctly terminates long strings... no
> configure: WARNING: ****** Your snprintf() function is broken, complain to
> your vendor
> 
> i'm assuming the above is not a fatal error.

uClibc's snprintf() correctly nul-terminates long strings.

If you look at the config.log file, I think you'll find the failure
is probably due to linking with the incorrect support libraries.
You probably need to turn off nsl and have a uClibc version of libz.

Manuel