Re: libesmtp-1.0 won't build, libtool problem

[Eric Moncrieff <eric+garnome styx org>]

>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Moncrieff <eric+garnome styx org> writes:

>>>>> "Rob" == Rob French <fulcrum99lists earthlink net> writes:
    Rob> Hello, I've  got Debian 'woody', with  libtool, libltdl3, and
    Rob> libltdl3-deb  installed  (these   are  from  libtool  version
    Rob> 1.4.2).    I'm  in   the   process  of   'make  install'   in
    Rob> meta/gnome-fifth-toe, but it  keeps failing while looking for
    Rob> dlsym and lt_dlsym while building libesmtp-1.0 for balsa.

    Eric> I'm having this exact problem.

    Eric> Any solutions would be deeply appreciated. 

Also, I think I've found the cause, and a (hacked) solution:

The configure script tests for libltdl, but throws an unknown 

-std=c99

flag into  the command  line.  Running the  configure script  with the
flag 

--disable-isoc

turns this  behaviour off, and the configure  script completes without
further error. 

I think a good way to do this  (and correct me if I'm wrong) is to add
the desired flag to the 

CONFIGURE_ARGS = $(DIRPATHS)

line in the Makefile.  This would make it:

CONFIGURE_ARGS = $(DIRPATHS) --disable-isoc

But I  don't actually know if that's  the right way to  do it, because
that's not what  I did.  (I kludged it by  resetting the default value
of the test in the configure script). 

Hope this helps anyone else having this trouble. 

Eric
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