Re: setenv... where is it??

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On Sat, 2006-06-24 at 02:43 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> I'm compiling a program from a tarball and the ./configure process
> claims:
> checking for getuid... yes
> checking for mempcpy... yes
> checking for munmap... yes
> checking for putenv... no
> checking for setenv... no
> 
> 
> I've got the man pages, so I would think it's installed. But apparently
> it is not. So I: yum install glibc*  ...and here's the fun part! 
> 
> =============================================================================
>  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository
> Size
> =============================================================================
> Installing:
>  glibc-debuginfo         i686       2.4-8            updates
> 5.8 M
>  glibc-debuginfo-common  i386       2.4-8            updates
> 12 M
>  glibc-utils             i386       2.4-8            updates
> 109 k
> 
> Transaction Summary
> =============================================================================
> Install      3 Package(s)
> Update       0 Package(s)
> Remove       0 Package(s)
> Total download size: 18 M
> 
> glibc-utils is 109k, while the debug stuff is almost 18 megs. 

You shouldn't need the debug stuff unless you're actively bug-hunting.

> Even after filling up a chunk of harddrive, I cannot locate putenv nor
> setenv. I tried google... and from what I can gather it's part of glibc?
> The make refuses to make, and I think this is the problem... I think. 
> If anyone has some help to offer, I'd appreciate it. Ric

You need to install glibc-devel (which was not picked up via the above
yum command, gotta love globbing functions...)

"yum install glibc-devel" and you should be set.

Cheers,
Michael.

-- 
Michael Fleming <mfleming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in Brisbane, Australia
"Oh Bother" said the Borg, "we've assimilated Pooh!"


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