This patch improves the logic of the test for hstrerror, not to blindly assume that if there is no hstrerror in libc that it must exist in libresolv. Signed-off-by: Gary V. Vaughan <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- config.mak.in | 1 + configure.ac | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: b/configure.ac =================================================================== --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -546,11 +546,22 @@ test -n "$NEEDS_SOCKET" && LIBS="$LIBS - # # Define NEEDS_RESOLV if linking with -lnsl and/or -lsocket is not enough. -# Notably on Solaris hstrerror resides in libresolv and on Solaris 7 -# inet_ntop and inet_pton additionally reside there. -AC_CHECK_LIB([c], [hstrerror], +# Notably on Solaris 7 inet_ntop and inet_pton additionally reside there. +AC_CHECK_LIB([c], [inet_ntop], [NEEDS_RESOLV=], [NEEDS_RESOLV=YesPlease]) +# +# Define NO_HSTRERROR if linking with -lresolv is not enough. +# Solaris 2.6 in particular has no hstrerror, even in -lresolv. +NO_HSTRERROR= +AC_CHECK_FUNC([hstrerror], + [], + [AC_CHECK_LIB([resolv], [hstrerror], + [NEEDS_RESOLV=YesPlease], + [NO_HSTRERROR=YesPlease]) +]) +AC_SUBST(NO_HSTRERROR) + AC_SUBST(NEEDS_RESOLV) test -n "$NEEDS_RESOLV" && LIBS="$LIBS -lresolv" Index: b/config.mak.in =================================================================== --- a/config.mak.in +++ b/config.mak.in @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ NO_D_TYPE_IN_DIRENT=@NO_D_TYPE_IN_DIRENT NO_SOCKADDR_STORAGE=@NO_SOCKADDR_STORAGE@ NO_IPV6=@NO_IPV6@ NO_C99_FORMAT=@NO_C99_FORMAT@ +NO_HSTRERROR=@NO_HSTRERROR@ NO_STRCASESTR=@NO_STRCASESTR@ NO_MEMMEM=@NO_MEMMEM@ NO_STRLCPY=@NO_STRLCPY@ -- Gary V. Vaughan (gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html