[uClinux-dev] [PATCH] ssh/makefile -- uClinux-dist-20060803

[David McCullough]

Jivin Doug Kehn lays it down ...
> Hi David,
> 
> The attached patch contains the mods to ssh/makefile
> that allowed uClibc .config compatibility for enabling
> shadow password use.
> 
> I also added 'ac_cv_func_openpty=no' right before
> invoking configure becuase configure is enabling
> openpty support.  I followed what iperf/makefile did

Why don't you want to use openpty ?
Is this because of the permissions thing ?

openpty will open unix98 or BSD style PTY's depending on your uClibc
config.

If it's the permission thing then I think we need to sort that out properly
rather than avoiding it :-)

> but I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to do
> define, for example, CONFLAGS and use it as:
> 
> CONFLAGS = 
> 
> ifdef UNIX98PYT_ONLY
> CONFLAGS += ac_cv_funcopenpty=no
> endif
> 
>  :
>  :
> 
> (cd build; $(CONFLAGS) sh ../configure
> $(CONFIGURE_OPTS $(CONFOPTS))

Cheers,
Davidm

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