configure bug (was Re: OpenSSH_4.3p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8a 11 Oct 2005 on solaris 8/9)

[Darren Tucker]

On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 11:07:57PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
[...]
> I have found the cause.  It's sort of an autoconf problem.  The
> OSSH_CHECK_HEADER_FOR_FIELD macro uses $EGREP.  The configure.ac
> file does not explicitely test for egrep, but relies on a formerly
> made egrep test.
[...]
> Another possible fix is to add an explicit test for egrep, which would
> be the best solution probably.

Sigh.  So something like this ought to do it?

Index: configure.ac
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvs/openssh/configure.ac,v
retrieving revision 1.323
diff -u -p -r1.323 configure.ac
--- configure.ac	2 Feb 2006 07:44:19 -0000	1.323
+++ configure.ac	2 Feb 2006 22:49:29 -0000
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ AC_PROG_AWK
 AC_PROG_CPP
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_PROG_EGREP
 AC_PATH_PROG(AR, ar)
 AC_PATH_PROG(CAT, cat)
 AC_PATH_PROG(KILL, kill)

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