openssh unix dev - May 2001 - Possible bug in openssh configuration file

Dear Sirs,
       I was trying to compile openssh for Solaris 2.8 in 64bits mode.
For that, I have defined the variable CFLAGS with the following value
"-fast -I/isdc/include -L/isdc/lib -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9" before
running the configure command. The configure command used was the
following:

    ./configure --prefix=/isdc --with-ssl-dir=/isdc
--with-prngd-socket=/var/run/entropy      
--with-default-path="/isdc/scripts:/isdc/bin:/usr/local/scripts:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/openwin/bin"

All goes correctly except that the command for doing the link of
executable is not called with the content of variable "CFLAGS" (as you
can see in the following extract of compile log). This is annoying since
the linking can not be done (without correct parameter, 32bits linking
is done). The solution I have used is to do the link manually with the
content of the variable CFLAGS and that has worked. But I have spent
some time to find that.

---------------------------------------Extract of compilation
log---------------------------  

cc -fast -I/isdc/include -L/isdc/lib -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9 -I. -I.
-I/isdc/include  -I/usr/local/include -DETCDIR=\"/isdc/etc\" 
-D_PATH_SSH_PROGRAM=\"/isdc/bin/ssh\" 
-D_PATH_SSH_ASKPASS_DEFAULT=\"/isdc/libexec/ssh-askpass\" 
-D_PATH_SFTP_SERVER=\"/isdc/libexec/sftp-server\" 
-D_PATH_SSH_PIDDIR=\"/var/run\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -c sftp-glob.c
"sftp-glob.c", line 156: warning: assignment type mismatch:
        pointer to function(pointer to const char) returning pointer to
void "=" pointer to void
"sftp-glob.c", line 157: warning: assignment type mismatch:
        pointer to function(pointer to void) returning pointer to struct
dirent {unsigned long d_ino, long d_off, unsigned short d_reclen,
array[1] of char d_name} "=" pointer to void
"sftp-glob.c", line 158: warning: assignment type mismatch:
        pointer to function(pointer to void) returning void "="
pointer
to void
"sftp-glob.c", line 167: warning: argument #3 is incompatible with
prototype:
        prototype: pointer to function(pointer to const char, int)
returning int : "./openbsd-compat/glob.h", line 94
        argument : pointer to void
cc -o sftp sftp.o sftp-client.o sftp-common.o sftp-int.o sftp-glob.o
scp-common.o -L. -Lopenbsd-compat/ -R/isdc/lib -L/isdc/lib 
-L/usr/local/lib -R/usr/local/lib -lssh -lopenbsd-compat -lz -lsocket
-lnsl  -lgen -lcrypto

Yours Sincerly,

A.Aubord

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Circa 2001-May-31 11:12:53 +0200 dixit Alain Aubord:

: Dear Sirs,
:        I was trying to compile openssh for Solaris 2.8 in 64bits mode.
: For that, I have defined the variable CFLAGS with the following value
: "-fast -I/isdc/include -L/isdc/lib -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9" before
: running the configure command.

Some of those options shouldn't be in CFLAGS; they should be in LDFLAGS.
I don't know which compiler you're using (doesn't look like gcc),
but
probably you mean:

  CFLAGS="-fast -I/isdc/include -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9" \
  LDFLAGS="-fast -L/isdc/lib -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9" \
  ./configure --prefix=...

: All goes correctly except that the command for doing the link of
: executable is not called with the content of variable "CFLAGS" (as
you
: can see in the following extract of compile log). This is annoying since
: the linking can not be done (without correct parameter, 32bits linking
: is done). The solution I have used is to do the link manually with the
: content of the variable CFLAGS and that has worked. But I have spent
: some time to find that.

You need to use LDFLAGS for link-time options; CFLAGS is for
compile-time options (and CPPFLAGS is often used for preprocessor-time
options, such as -I or -D).

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