compiling error - cannot find -lssl

[Rob Siemborski]

Don't use autoconf 2.53, use autoconf 2.13.

Note, I'm not sure this will solve your problem, but it works for me with
2.13

-Rob

On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Mark Wessel wrote:

> ok, I've updated to autoconf-2.53-8, and have the latest configure.in file
> (1.232.4.38). Now there seems to be an issue with SASL, I think...
>
> After running:
>
> ./configure --with-auth=unix --with-sasl=/usr/lib/sasl
> --with-bdb-incdir=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.1/include
>
> I get receive this error:
>
> ./configure: line 10055: syntax error near unexpected token '2,1,7'
> ./configure: line 10055: 'CMU_SASL2_REQUIRE_VER(2,1,7)'
>
> Does 'configure.in' have a problem, or is it just me?
>
>
> From: Simon Brady <simon.brady at otago.ac.nz>
> To: Mark Wessel <mark_wessel at hotmail.com>
> CC: info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> Subject: Re: compiling error - cannot find -lssl
> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 14:05:18 +1300 (NZDT)
>
> On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Mark Wessel wrote:
>
>  > After replacing 'configure.in' with the latest version, and running
>  > './configure' without any errors, I can no longer run 'make depend'
>  >
>  > Error message after running 'make depend':
>  >
>  > cd .; rm -f config.cache; autoconfig
>  > /bin/sh: line 1: autoconf: command not found
>  > make: *** [configure] Error 127
>
> That's OK, you just need to install autoconf (the tool that parses
> configure.in and creates a new configure script). It'll be available as an
> RPM on the RedHat CDs (if it's already installed, then make sure it's in
> your path).
>
> However, if you're relatively new to Linux then a better option might be
> to install Cyrus directly from the RPMs that contributors to this list
> have created. I don't run Cyrus on Linux myself, so I'm not sure whether
> the RPMs will work on RH8, but a troll through the list archives should
> answer that question.
>
> --
> Simon Brady                             mailto:simon.brady at otago.ac.nz
> ITS Technical Services
> University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
>
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