possible autoconf bug?

[Roger Jorgensen]

Hi,

was trying to compile proftpd on a solaris system using the following 
configure line
/configure --prefix=/usr/local 
--with-libraries=/usr/local/lib:/opt/openldap/lib:/usr/local/ssl/lib 
--with-includes=/usr/local/include:/usr/local/ssl/include:/opt/openldap/include 
--with-modules=mod_quotatab:mod_quotatab_file:mod_ldap:mod_readme:mod_ratio

here's the output... and if you need more, please let me know.


checking for syslog.h... yes
checking curses.h usability... no
checking curses.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: curses.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: curses.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: curses.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to address@hidden ##
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
checking for curses.h... yes
checking ncurses.h usability... no
checking ncurses.h presence... no
checking for ncurses.h... no



bash-2.03$ uname -a
SunOS nl-ams03a-mirrorfeps4 5.8 Generic_108528-20 sun4u sparc 
SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-cEngine
bash-2.03$ pkginfo |grep auto
application SMCautoc             autoconf
application SMCautom             automake
bash-2.03$ pkginfo -l SMCautoc
   PKGINST:  SMCautoc
      NAME:  autoconf
  CATEGORY:  application
      ARCH:  sparc
   VERSION:  2.52
   BASEDIR:  /usr/local
    VENDOR:  Free Software Foundation
    PSTAMP:  Steve Christensen
  INSTDATE:  Mar 12 2003 12:51
     EMAIL:  address@hidden
    STATUS:  completely installed
     FILES:      101 installed pathnames
                   7 shared pathnames
                  10 directories
                   8 executables
                8222 blocks used (approx)

bash-2.03$ pkginfo -l SMCautom
   PKGINST:  SMCautom
      NAME:  automake
  CATEGORY:  application
      ARCH:  sparc
   VERSION:  1.5
   BASEDIR:  /usr/local
    VENDOR:  Free Software Foundation
    PSTAMP:  Steve Christensen
  INSTDATE:  Mar 12 2003 12:55
     EMAIL:  address@hidden
    STATUS:  completely installed
     FILES:      489 installed pathnames
                   6 shared pathnames
                  14 directories
                 349 executables
                4384 blocks used (approx)

bash-2.03$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.2.2
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.




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Roger Jorgensen (address@hidden)
System Engineer @ UPC Technology / IP engineering
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