I downloaded the latest tarball (git-1.7.1) and tried to install it on Redhat Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga) using: ./configure --prefix=$HOME/tool-1.1 --with-curl -with-expat -with-openssl make make install When I try to run git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git I get the error message: fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'http' I looked at the config.log file and found the following anomaly: configure:3165: checking for curl_global_init in -lcurl configure:3195: cc -o conftest -g -O2 conftest.c -lcurl >&5 /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../libcurl.so: undefined reference to `tld_strerror' /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../libcurl.so: undefined reference to `idna_strerror' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure:3201: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: | /* confdefs.h. */ | | #define PACKAGE_NAME "git" | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "git" | #define PACKAGE_VERSION "1.7.1" | #define PACKAGE_STRING "git 1.7.1" | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" | /* end confdefs.h. */ | | /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */ | #ifdef __cplusplus | extern "C" | #endif | /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2 | builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */ | char curl_global_init (); | int | main () | { | curl_global_init (); | ; | return 0; | } configure:3227: result: no Googling for tld_strerror and idna_strerror, I found that a library, libidna contains idna_strerror. When I run curl-config --libs I get -L/usr/kerberos/lib -lcurl -lgssapi_krb5 -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err -lresolv -ldl -lidn -lssl -lcrypto -lz So it looks like the configure test should (at least) add -lidna. I did a "make clean" and re-ran the build using: LDFLAGS="-lidn -lssl -lcrypto -lz" ./configure --prefix=$HOME/tool-1.1 --with-curl -with-expat -with-openssl make make install Running "git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git"; works now. Michael P.S. The same problem occurs on 1.7.0.6. -- 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