Re: How to get rid of sys_errlist and sys_nerr?

Michael B Allen writes:

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Why does libldap need these symbols?

STRERROR() needs either sys_errlist + sys_nerr or strerror(), and it prefers the former since the latter may not be thread-safe. (Ought to switch to use strerror_r() when someone feels like using time on it, but...)

If you run configure on a system with sys_errlist, it'll use that. To prevent it, run make distclean to get rid of the old build and then (I think)

./configure --<your config params> ol_cv_have_sys_errlist=no

Or distclean and then run configure on a system without the offending symbols.