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Andrew, Would you please send me the entire file "config.log". > Over the years I have installed various LDM versions on multiple platforms > including SuSE, CentOS/RHEL, and Solaris. However, I am experiencing configure > build issues on a Solaris 5.10 "zones" VM. > > Below I have provided a snippet from our .cshrc, LDM 6.12.14 src config.log > and configure.log > > I highlighted the Autoconf warning/error messages found within configure.log > > Any help would be appreciated. > > /usr3/ldm/ldm-6.12.14/src% env | grep PATH > PATH=/usr3/ldm/decoders:/usr3/ldm/util:/usr3/ldm/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/opt/netscape:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/hosts:/usr/ucb:/opt/csw/bin:/etc:. > MANPATH=/usr3/ldm/share/man:SysManPath > > $ ./configure --enable-logging=local0 --disable-max-size CC=gcc > CFLAGS=-I/usr/include > > uname -m = sun4v > uname -r = 5.10 > uname -s = SunOS > uname -v = Generic_147147-26 > > /usr/bin/uname -p = sparc > /bin/uname -X = System = SunOS > > > /usr3/ldm/ldm-6.12.14/src% more configure.log > checking for a BSD-compatible install... build-aux/install-sh -c > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... build-aux/install-sh -c -d > checking for gawk... no > checking for mawk... no > checking for nawk... nawk > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes > checking whether make supports nested variables... yes > checking whether the C compiler works... yes > checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out > checking for suffix of executables... > checking whether we are cross compiling... no > checking for suffix of object files... o > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes > checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes > checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed > checking for style of include used by make... GNU > checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 > checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99 > checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -std=gnu99 -E > checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/xpg4/bin/grep > checking for egrep... /usr/xpg4/bin/grep -E > checking for ANSI C header files... yes > checking for sys/types.h... yes > checking for sys/stat.h... yes > checking for stdlib.h... yes > checking for string.h... yes > checking for memory.h... yes > checking for strings.h... yes > checking for inttypes.h... yes > checking for stdint.h... yes > checking for unistd.h... yes > checking minix/config.h usability... no > checking minix/config.h presence... no > checking for minix/config.h... no > checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... no > checking for g++... g++ > checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes > checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes > checking dependency style of g++... gcc3 > checking build system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10 > checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10 > checking how to print strings... printf > checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed > checking for fgrep... /usr/xpg4/bin/grep -F > checking for ld used by gcc -std=gnu99... /usr/ccs/bin/ld > checking if the linker (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) is GNU ld... no > checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/ccs/bin/nm -p > checking the name lister (/usr/ccs/bin/nm -p) interface... BSD nm > checking whether ln -s works... yes > checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 786240 > checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes > checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes > checking how to convert sparc-sun-solaris2.10 file names to > sparc-sun-solaris2.10 format... func_convert_file_noop > checking how to convert sparc-sun-solaris2.10 file names to toolchain > format... func_convert_file_noop > checking for /usr/ccs/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r > checking for objdump... no > checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all > checking for dlltool... no > checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n > checking for ar... ar > checking for archiver @FILE support... no > checking for strip... strip > checking for ranlib... ranlib > checking command to parse /usr/ccs/bin/nm -p output from gcc -std=gnu99 > object... ok > checking for sysroot... no > checking for mt... mt > checking if mt is a manifest tool... no > checking for dlfcn.h... no > checking for objdir... .libs > checking if gcc -std=gnu99 supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no > checking for gcc -std=gnu99 option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC > checking if gcc -std=gnu99 PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes > checking if gcc -std=gnu99 static flag -static works... no > checking if gcc -std=gnu99 supports -c -o file.o... yes > checking if gcc -std=gnu99 supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes > checking whether the gcc -std=gnu99 linker (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) supports shared > libraries... yes > checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes > checking dynamic linker characteristics... solaris2.10 ld.so > checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate > checking whether stripping libraries is possible... no > checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes > checking whether to build shared libraries... yes > checking whether to build static libraries... yes > checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp > checking for ld used by g++... /usr/ccs/bin/ld > checking if the linker (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) is GNU ld... no > checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) supports shared > libraries... yes > checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC > checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes > checking if g++ static flag -static works... no > checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes > checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes > checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) supports shared > libraries... yes > checking dynamic linker characteristics... solaris2.10 ld.so > checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate > checking whether gcc -std=gnu99 and cc understand -c and -o together... yes > checking the C compiler... works > checking for su(1) that you can use... /bin/su > configure: Searching for the "m" library > checking for library containing log10... -lm > configure: checking for the CUnit unit-testing package. > checking for /opt/include/CUnit/CUnit.h... no > checking for /usr/local/include/CUnit/CUnit.h... no > checking for /usr/include/CUnit/CUnit.h... no > checking for /opt/lib/libcunit.so... no > checking for /opt/lib/libcunit.a... no > checking for /usr/local/lib/libcunit.so... no > checking for /usr/local/lib/libcunit.a... no > checking for /usr/lib64/libcunit.so... no > checking for /usr/lib64/libcunit.a... no > checking for /usr/lib/libcunit.so... no > checking for /usr/lib/libcunit.a... no > configure: CUnit not found. Disabling unit-tests. > configure: checking for the Opmock mocking package. > checking for /usr/local/include/opmock.h... no > configure: Opmock not found. Disabling mocking-tests. > checking the installation prefix... /usr3/ldm/ldm-6.12.14 > checking the name of the host... hcpappzca > checking LDMHOME... /usr3/ldm > checking for HP-UX... no > checking the C preprocessor... works > checking for egrep... (cached) /usr/xpg4/bin/grep -E > checking for version 5 perl(1) utility... /bin/perl > checking for gawk... (cached) nawk > checking for POSIX shell... /bin/sh > checking for bison... no > checking for byacc... no > checking for doxygen... no > checking for /Volumes/storage/local/bin/doxygen... no > checking for rpcgen... /bin/rpcgen > checking for ntpdate... /usr/sbin/ntpdate > checking for netstat(1) command... /bin/netstat -f inet -P tcp -n > checking for top(1) command... /usr/local/bin/top -b -n 1 > checking for yacc library... > checking for yyerror("") in default library(s)... no > checking for yyerror("") in -ly... yes > checking mmap()... yes > checking size of short... 0 > checking size of int... 0 > checking size of long... 0 > checking size of float... 0 > checking size of double... 0 > checking size of uint64_t... 0 > checking size of enum... 4 > checking size of gid_t... 4 > checking for size_t... no > checking for off_t... no > checking for uint64_t... no > checking for ssize_t... no > checking for ptrdiff_t... no > checking for timegm... no > checking for fstatvfs... yes > checking for fstatfs... yes > checking for socklen_t... yes > checking for fsync... yes > checking for ftruncate... yes > checking for memmove... yes > checking for memcmp... yes > checking for rename... yes > checking for strerror... yes > checking for waitpid... yes > checking for strdup... yes > checking for seteuid... yes > checking for setenv... yes > checking for mmap... yes > checking for sigaction... yes > checking for sig_atomic_t in signal.h... defined > checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes > checking for struct stat.st_blksize... no > checking system logging daemon PID file... /var/run/syslog.pid > checking networking references... -lnsl -lsocket > checking for system logging daemon... syslog > checking for /etc/syslog.conf... yes > checking whether syslog(3) returns an int... no > checking pathname of system log file... not found > checking pathname of console... /dev/conslog > checking for gdbm_open in -lgdbm... no > configure: "GDBMLIB not set" > checking for dbm_open... yes > checking for catman... catman > checking for manual-page index command... catman -w -M $(mandir) > checking for library containing pthread_key_create... none required > checking for library containing dirname... none required > checking for library containing sched_setscheduler... -lrt > checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... yes > checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes > checking errno.h usability... no > checking errno.h presence... yes > configure: WARNING: errno.h: present but cannot be compiled > configure: WARNING: errno.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? > configure: WARNING: errno.h: see the Autoconf documentation > configure: WARNING: errno.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" > configure: WARNING: errno.h: proceeding with the compiler's result > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > configure: WARNING: ## Report this to address@hidden ## > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > checking for errno.h... no > checking stdio.h usability... no > checking stdio.h presence... yes > configure: WARNING: stdio.h: present but cannot be compiled > configure: WARNING: stdio.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? > configure: WARNING: stdio.h: see the Autoconf documentation > configure: WARNING: stdio.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" > configure: WARNING: stdio.h: proceeding with the compiler's result > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > configure: WARNING: ## Report this to address@hidden ## > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > checking for stdio.h... no > checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes > checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes > checking for string.h... (cached) yes > checking for sys/types.h... (cached) yes > checking sys/ipc.h usability... no > checking sys/ipc.h presence... yes > configure: WARNING: sys/ipc.h: present but cannot be compiled > configure: WARNING: sys/ipc.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? > configure: WARNING: sys/ipc.h: see the Autoconf documentation > configure: WARNING: sys/ipc.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" > configure: WARNING: sys/ipc.h: proceeding with the compiler's result > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > configure: WARNING: ## Report this to address@hidden ## > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > checking for sys/ipc.h... no > checking sys/shm.h usability... no > checking sys/shm.h presence... yes > configure: WARNING: sys/shm.h: present but cannot be compiled > configure: WARNING: sys/shm.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? > configure: WARNING: sys/shm.h: see the Autoconf documentation > configure: WARNING: sys/shm.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" > configure: WARNING: sys/shm.h: proceeding with the compiler's result > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > configure: WARNING: ## Report this to address@hidden ## > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > checking for sys/shm.h... no > checking sys/sem.h usability... no > checking sys/sem.h presence... yes > configure: WARNING: sys/sem.h: present but cannot be compiled > configure: WARNING: sys/sem.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? > configure: WARNING: sys/sem.h: see the Autoconf documentation > configure: WARNING: sys/sem.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" > configure: WARNING: sys/sem.h: proceeding with the compiler's result > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > configure: WARNING: ## Report this to address@hidden ## > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > checking for sys/sem.h... no > checking for sys/stat.h... (cached) yes > checking sys/wait.h usability... no > checking sys/wait.h presence... yes > configure: WARNING: sys/wait.h: present but cannot be compiled > configure: WARNING: sys/wait.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? > configure: WARNING: sys/wait.h: see the Autoconf documentation > configure: WARNING: sys/wait.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" > configure: WARNING: sys/wait.h: proceeding with the compiler's result > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > configure: WARNING: ## Report this to address@hidden ## > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > checking for sys/wait.h... no > checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes > checking stropts.h usability... no > checking stropts.h presence... yes > configure: WARNING: stropts.h: present but cannot be compiled > configure: WARNING: stropts.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? > configure: WARNING: stropts.h: see the Autoconf documentation > configure: WARNING: stropts.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" > configure: WARNING: stropts.h: proceeding with the compiler's result > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > configure: WARNING: ## Report this to address@hidden ## > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > checking for stropts.h... no > checking sys/ioctl.h usability... no > checking sys/ioctl.h presence... yes > configure: WARNING: sys/ioctl.h: present but cannot be compiled > configure: WARNING: sys/ioctl.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? > configure: WARNING: sys/ioctl.h: see the Autoconf documentation > configure: WARNING: sys/ioctl.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" > configure: WARNING: sys/ioctl.h: proceeding with the compiler's result > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > configure: WARNING: ## Report this to address@hidden ## > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------- ## > checking for sys/ioctl.h... no > configure: error: "Missing necessary header-file" > > > Thanks. > > Andrew Little Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: DZH-666268 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed