This check gets around the redefinition of explicit_bzero in ELL In file included from ell/random.c:34:0: ell/missing.h:59:20: error: static declaration of ‘explicit_bzero’ follows non-static declaration static inline void explicit_bzero(void *s, size_t n) ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from ./ell/util.h:26:0, from ell/private.h:26, from ell/random.c:33: /usr/include/string.h:435:13: note: previous declaration of ‘explicit_bzero’ was here extern void explicit_bzero (void *__s, size_t __n) __THROW __nonnull ((1)); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- configure.ac | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index ae64ddc0f..0afe1e6db 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ MISC_FLAGS AC_ARG_ENABLE(threads, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-threads], [enable threading support]), [enable_threads=${enableval}]) +AC_CHECK_FUNCS(explicit_bzero) + AC_CHECK_FUNC(signalfd, dummy=yes, AC_MSG_ERROR(signalfd support is required)) -- 2.14.5