I've been using OpenSSH on all our systems for years, including two
Sparc 10's with SunOS 4.1.4 (interface to legacy microscopes).

The last version to compile cleanly was 2.9.9p1; versions 3.1 and
3.2.3p1 both give the following when configuring:

$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/openssh \
? --sbindir=/usr/bin --with-ipv4-default --with-ssl-dir=/usr/local/lib \
? --with-catman=cat --with-zlib=/usr/local/lib
./configure: /tmp/sh190245: No such file or directory
./configure: /tmp/sh190246: No such file or directory
./configure: /tmp/sh190247: No such file or directory
./configure: /tmp/sh190248: No such file or directory
./configure: /tmp/sh190249: No such file or directory
./configure: /tmp/sh1902410: No such file or directory
./configure: /tmp/sh1902411: No such file or directory
./configure: /tmp/sh1902412: No such file or directory
configure: loading cache /dev/null
checking for gcc... gcc
./configure: /tmp/sh1902413: No such file or directory
checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot
create executables

Gcc is installed, CC=gcc, and the compiler definitely works (worked for
2.9.9p1!):

$ cat > try.c
#include <stdio.h>

int main( int argc, char **argv )
{
printf( "Hello world.\n" );
exit( 0 );
}
$ gcc -o try try.c
$ ./try
Hello world.

Any ideas greatly appreciated.

Dave Foster

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dfoster at ucsd.edu Department of Neuroscience, Mail 0608
(858) 534-7968 http://ncmir.ucsd.edu/
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