... checking for library containing xmalloc... no ./configure: line 11837: case: command not found ./configure: line 11838: xmalloc.o: command not found ./configure: line 11839: * xmalloc.o: command not found ./configure: line 11840: xmalloc.o *: command not found ./configure: line 11841: * xmalloc.o *: command not found ./configure: line 11843: syntax error near unexpected token `;;' ./configure: line 11843: ` ;;' Needed this patch to get things rolling with autoconf 2.59: --- tftp-hpa-0.36/configure.in 2004-01-15 22:15:46.000000000 +0200 +++ tftp-hpa-0.37/configure.in 2004-07-20 18:32:24.000000000 +0300 @@ -129,9 +129,12 @@ OBJROOT=`pwd` LIBXTRA=false -AC_SEARCH_LIBS(xmalloc, iberty, , LIBXTRA=true AC_LIBOBJ(xmalloc)) -AC_SEARCH_LIBS(xstrdup, iberty, , LIBXTRA=true AC_LIBOBJ(xstrdup)) -AC_SEARCH_LIBS(bsd_signal, bsd, , LIBXTRA=true AC_LIBOBJ(bsdsignal)) +AC_SEARCH_LIBS(xmalloc, iberty, ,LIBXTRA=true +[AC_LIBOBJ(xmalloc)]) +AC_SEARCH_LIBS(xstrdup, iberty, ,LIBXTRA=true +[AC_LIBOBJ(xstrdup)]) +AC_SEARCH_LIBS(bsd_signal, bsd, ,LIBXTRA=true +[AC_LIBOBJ(bsdsignal)]) if $LIBXTRA; then XTRALIBS="$OBJROOT/lib/libxtra.a $XTRALIBS" fi