Re: configure.in thread support for Solaris

[openldap-devel@thewrittenword.com]

On Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 06:22:10PM -0700, Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:
> At 07:33 PM 6/1/99 -0500, openldap-devel@thewrittenword.com wrote:
> >Is it possible to check for thread support functions in $LIBS last
> >rather than first?
> 
> No.  User specified configuration options, including those
> within $LIBS, must be checked first.  See archives for detail
> discussions of this issue.
> 
> >Running configure "out of the box" on Solaris
> >will cause the check for pthread_create in $LIBS to succeed
> >(because it is in libc) but the check later on to test if
> >pthread.h and pthread_create are compatible will fail (because
> >the sample C program is not linked with -lpthread).
> 
> -devel has improved checks that should handle this situation.
> 
> With OpenLDAP 1.2.x, you must tell configure to ignore the
> bogus pthread_create in $LIBS.  See the FAQ for details.
>   http://www.OpenLDAP.org/faq/index.cgi?file=11

What is suggested here does not work. You also need to set
	ol_cv_kthread_flag=no

> >Guy Matz
> >gets around this by setting LIBS="-lpthread -lposix4" prior
> >to configure but it really should not be necessary.
> 
> This approach is not recommended as it will cause all OpenLDAP
> applications are linked with $LIBS.

FYI, it's suggested in ldap/doc/install/hints/Solaris.

> Kurt 

BTW, are there any intentions of a document describing all the options
to configure? I saw nothing on the web page to help explain them (and
I know next to nothing about LDAP so I'm real confused).

BTW, patch below to configure.in to fix typos.

-- 
albert chin (china@thewrittenword.com)

-- snip snip
--- configure.in.orig	Wed Jun  2 19:17:35 1999
+++ configure.in	Wed Jun  2 19:18:55 1999
@@ -108,31 +108,31 @@
 if test $ol_enable_slapd = no ; then
 	dnl SLAPD was specificallly disabled
 	if test $ol_enable_ldbm = yes ; then
-		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --enable_ldbm argument])
+		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --enable-ldbm argument])
 	fi
 	if test $ol_enable_passwd = yes ; then
-		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --enable_passwd argument])
+		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --enable-passwd argument])
 	fi
 	if test $ol_enable_shell = yes ; then
-		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --enable_shell argument])
+		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --enable-shell argument])
 	fi
 	if test $ol_enable_aclgroups = yes ; then
-		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --enable_aclgroups argument])
+		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --enable-aclgroups argument])
 	fi
 	if test $ol_enable_wrappers = yes ; then
-		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --enable_wrappers argument])
+		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --enable-wrappers argument])
 	fi
 	if test $ol_enable_phonetic = yes ; then
-		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --enable_phonetic argument])
+		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --enable-phonetic argument])
 	fi
 	if test $ol_enable_rlookups = yes ; then
-		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --enable_rlookups argument])
+		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --enable-rlookups argument])
 	fi
 	if test $ol_with_ldbm_api != auto ; then
-		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --with_ldbm_api argument])
+		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --with-ldbm-api argument])
 	fi
 	if test $ol_with_ldbm_type != auto ; then
-		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --with_ldbm_type argument])
+		AC_MSG_WARN([slapd disabled, ignoring --with-ldbm-type argument])
 	fi
 	if test $ol_enable_slurpd = yes ; then
 		AC_MSG_ERROR([slurpd requires slapd])
@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@
 	dnl SLAPD without LDBM
 
 	if test $ol_with_ldbm_api != auto ; then
-		AC_MSG_WARN([LDBM disabled, ignoring --with_ldbm_api argument])
+		AC_MSG_WARN([LDBM disabled, ignoring --with-ldbm-api argument])
 	fi
 
 	if test $ol_with_ldbm_type != auto ; then
-		AC_MSG_WARN([LDBM disabled, ignoring --with_ldbm_type argument])
+		AC_MSG_WARN([LDBM disabled, ignoring --with-ldbm-type argument])
 	fi
 
 	if test $ol_enable_passwd = no -a $ol_enable_shell = no ; then