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Re: Compiling OpenLDAP on Mac OS X v10.3 Panther

Finlay Dobbie wrote:

Attempting to compile OpenLDAP (2.3.2beta or 2.2.24) results in the
following message:

cc -g -O2 -o dntest dntest.o  ./.libs/libldap.a
/Users/finlay/openldap-2.3.2beta/libraries/liblber/.libs/liblber.a
../../libraries/liblber/.libs/liblber.a
../../libraries/liblutil/liblutil.a -lssl -lcrypto
ld: Undefined symbols:
_res_9_dn_expand
_res_9_query
make[2]: *** [dntest] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-common] Error 1
make: *** [all-common] Error 1

These symbols are in libresolv. There are two solutions: either use
the BIND 8 resolver API or add -lresolve to the LDFLAGS. However, this
should be detected by the build system so it compiles out of the box.

Jason Townsend provided a patch, but it was rejected unequivocally
(see <http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Build?id=2763;expression=lresolv;statetype=-1>).

Is building out of the box not a goal?

Also, there is no method in the config script of specifying where
Berkely DB is installed. Given that it defaults to installing in
/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.x, would it not make sense to support
specifying a path to the BDB installation?

Your questions are already answered in the ITS you referenced. As stated in the INSTALL document, you must add the proper flags and libraries to LDFLAGS and LIBS before running configure.

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