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I'm trying to install OpenSSH on Redhat6.2 at work here. Actually,
it's a re-installation from last year. I'm not exactly sure who set it
up before me. Looks like openSSL and zlib is already installed which
is good. I'm configuring OpenSSH with --PAM and -TCP wrapper support.

% ./configure --with-pam --with-tcp-wrappers

I get the following error message at the end of the configuration log:

checking for socklen_t... no
checking for socklen_t equivalent... configure: error: Cannot find a
type to use in place of socklen_t

I then try:

% make

make:***no-targets. Stop.

Does anyone know what the problem is? I checked for socklen.h file and
it is there. So not sure what the problem is.

Appreciate anyones help.

See http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2001-August/msg00061.html

Davide

Well, that is really Solaris environment. I'm running Redhat 6.2 --
and I'm not an expert with C programming. Any suggestions?

I cant seem to find config.h.in or config.h or config.in files
anywhere which seems rather odd. I am running autoconf 2.13 version,
and rather nervous about applying any patches on a production server
that also is used for company email.

Well it looks like the config files are generated once I configure
openSSH. Still not sure what the problem is. Any help would be
appreciated.

Quote:> Well it looks like the config files are generated once I configure
> openSSH. Still not sure what the problem is. Any help would be
> appreciated.

First, go to OpenSSH 3.1p1 immediately. Second, unless you are not running a
commercial distro there is little reason to recompile, just use the
packages. Third, make sure your OpenSSL is up to date....

Ok, I'm providing additional info plus the config.log file. Hopefully,
someone can help this newbie out. Hehe (that would be me LOL)-- Check
the log file you'll see a few erros messages.

Redhat Linux 6.2
PentiumIII 1ghz
Kernel version: 2.2.12-20
OpenSSL-0.9.6a
OpenSSH-3.0.2p1
Glibc: not sure
zlib: 1.1.3
Autoconf: 2.13

Here is the config.log file for OpenSSH. It's pretty long.

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by configure, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.52d.  Invocation command line was

  $ ./configure --with-pam --with-tcp-wrappers

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = n/a
uname -m = i686
uname -r = 2.2.12-20
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 Mon Sep 27 10:40:35 EDT 1999

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X     = unknown

/bin/arch              = i686
/usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
hostinfo               = unknown
/bin/machine           = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
/bin/universe          = unknown

PATH = /usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/dan/bin

## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:1023: PATH=".;."; conftest.sh
./configure: conftest.sh: command not found
configure:1026: $? = 127
configure:1080: checking for gcc
configure:1095: found /usr/bin/gcc
configure:1103: result: gcc
configure:1331: checking for C compiler version
configure:1334: gcc --version </dev/null >&5
egcs-2.91.66
configure:1337: $? = 0
configure:1339: gcc -v </dev/null >&5
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/specs
gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)
configure:1342: $? = 0
configure:1344: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
gcc: argument to `-V' is missing
configure:1347: $? = 1
configure:1373: checking for C compiler default output
configure:1376: gcc    conftest.c  >&5
configure:1379: $? = 0
configure:1408: result: a.out
configure:1413: checking whether the C compiler works
configure:1419: ./a.out
configure:1422: $? = 0
configure:1437: result: yes
configure:1444: checking whether we are cross compiling
configure:1446: result: no
configure:1449: checking for executable suffix
configure:1451: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  >&5
configure:1454: $? = 0
configure:1476: result:
configure:1482: checking for object suffix
configure:1506: gcc -c   conftest.c >&5
configure:1509: $? = 0
configure:1528: result: o
configure:1532: checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler
configure:1559: gcc -c   conftest.c >&5
configure:1562: $? = 0
configure:1565: test -s conftest.o
configure:1568: $? = 0
configure:1580: result: yes
configure:1586: checking whether gcc accepts -g
configure:1610: gcc -c -g  conftest.c >&5
configure:1613: $? = 0
configure:1616: test -s conftest.o
configure:1619: $? = 0
configure:1629: result: yes
configure:1656: gcc -c -g -O2  conftest.c >&5
conftest.c:2: parse error before `me'
configure:1659: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
#ifndef __cplusplus
  choke me
#endif
configure:1800: checking build system type
configure:1818: result: i686-pc-linux-gnu
configure:1825: checking host system type
configure:1839: result: i686-pc-linux-gnu
configure:1846: checking whether byte ordering is bigendian
configure:1876: gcc -c -g -O2  conftest.c >&5
In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:126,
                 from /usr/include/limits.h:30,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/limits.h:117,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/syslimits.h:7,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/limits.h:11,
                 from /usr/include/sys/param.h:23,
                 from configure:1855:
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:27: linux/limits.h: No such file or
directory
In file included from configure:1855:
/usr/include/sys/param.h:24: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/sys/param.h:25: linux/param.h: No such file or directory
configure:1879: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
#line 1853 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/param.h>

#ifdef F77_DUMMY_MAIN
#  ifdef __cplusplus
     extern "C"
#  endif
   int F77_DUMMY_MAIN() { return 1; }
#endif
int
main ()
{
#if !BYTE_ORDER || !BIG_ENDIAN || !LITTLE_ENDIAN
 bogus endian macros
#endif

  ;
  return 0;

configure:2006: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c  >&5
configure:2009: $? = 0
configure:2011: ./conftest
configure:2014: $? = 0
configure:2028: result: no
configure:2053: checking how to run the C preprocessor
configure:2079: gcc -E  conftest.c
configure:2085: $? = 0
configure:2112: gcc -E  conftest.c
configure:2109: ac_nonexistent.h: No such file or directory
configure:2118: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
#line 2108 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
#include <ac_nonexistent.h>
configure:2155: result: gcc -E
configure:2170: gcc -E  conftest.c
configure:2176: $? = 0
configure:2203: gcc -E  conftest.c
configure:2200: ac_nonexistent.h: No such file or directory
configure:2209: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
#line 2199 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
#include <ac_nonexistent.h>
configure:2286: checking for ranlib
configure:2301: found /usr/bin/ranlib
configure:2310: result: ranlib
configure:2334: checking for a BSD compatible install
configure:2383: result: /usr/bin/install -c
configure:2396: checking for ar
configure:2413: found /usr/bin/ar
configure:2424: result: /usr/bin/ar
configure:2435: checking for perl5
configure:2466: result: no
configure:2435: checking for perl
configure:2452: found /usr/bin/perl
configure:2463: result: /usr/bin/perl
configure:2475: checking for ent
configure:2506: result: no
configure:2514: checking for filepriv
configure:2545: result: no
configure:2555: checking for bash
configure:2572: found /bin/bash
configure:2583: result: /bin/bash
configure:2592: checking for ksh
configure:2620: result: /bin/bash
configure:2629: checking for sh
configure:2657: result: /bin/bash
configure:2672: checking for special C compiler options needed for
large files
configure:2752: result: no
configure:2758: checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large
files
configure:2792: gcc -c -g -O2  conftest.c >&5
configure:2773: warning: left shift count >= width of type
configure:2773: warning: left shift count >= width of type
configure:2775: size of array `off_t_is_large' is negative
configure:2795: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
#line 2766 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
#include <sys/types.h>
 /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
                       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
                      ? 1 : -1];
#ifdef F77_DUMMY_MAIN
#  ifdef __cplusplus
     extern "C"
#  endif
   int F77_DUMMY_MAIN() { return 1; }
#endif
int
main ()
{

  ;
  return 0;

configure:2837: gcc -c -g -O2  conftest.c >&5
configure:2840: $? = 0
configure:2843: test -s conftest.o
configure:2846: $? = 0
configure:2857: result: 64
configure:2867: checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files
configure:2901: gcc -c -g -O2  conftest.c >&5
configure:2904: $? = 0
configure:2907: test -s conftest.o
configure:2910: $? = 0
configure:2966: result: no
configure:2994: checking for login
configure:3011: found /bin/login
configure:3022: result: /bin/login
configure:3041: checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C
configure:3104: gcc  -c -g -O2  conftest.c >&5
configure:3107: $? = 0
configure:3110: test -s conftest.o
configure:3113: $? = 0
configure:3130: result: none needed
configure:3138: checking for inline
configure:3155: gcc -c -g -O2  conftest.c >&5
configure:3158: $? = 0
configure:3161: test -s conftest.o
configure:3164: $? = 0
configure:3175: result: inline
configure:4096: checking for ANSI C header files
configure:4110: gcc -E  conftest.c
configure:4116: $? = 0
configure:4203: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall -Wpointer-arith
-Wno-uninitialized   conftest.c  >&5
configure:4206: $? = 0
configure:4208: ./conftest
configure:4211: $? = 0
configure:4224: result: yes
configure:4240: checking for sys/types.h
configure:4253: gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wno-uninitialized
 conftest.c >&5
configure:4256: $? = 0
configure:4259: test -s conftest.o
configure:4262: $? = 0
configure:4272: result: yes
configure:4240: checking for sys/stat.h
configure:4253: gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wno-uninitialized
 conftest.c >&5
configure:4256: $? = 0
configure:4259: test -s conftest.o
configure:4262: $? = 0
configure:4272: result: yes
configure:4240: checking for stdlib.h
configure:4253: gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wno-uninitialized
 conftest.c >&5
configure:4256: $? = 0
configure:4259: test -s conftest.o
configure:4262: $? = 0
configure:4272: result: yes
configure:4240: checking for string.h
configure:4253: gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wno-uninitialized
 conftest.c >&5
configure:4256: $? = 0
configure:4259: test -s conftest.o
configure:4262: $? = 0
configure:4272: result: yes
configure:4240: checking for memory.h
configure:4253: gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wno-uninitialized
 conftest.c >&5
configure:4256: $? = 0
configure:4259: test -s conftest.o
configure:4262: $? = 0
configure:4272: result: yes
configure:4240: checking for strings.h
configure:4253: gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wno-uninitialized
 conftest.c >&5
configure:4256: $? = 0
configure:4259: test -s conftest.o
configure:4262: $? = 0
configure:4272: result: yes
configure:4240: checking for inttypes.h
configure:4253: gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wno-uninitialized
 conftest.c >&5
configure:4256: $? = 0
configure:4259: test -s conftest.o
configure:4262: $? = 0 ...

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