Hi, I noticed that since a few releases most of the protocols are not being build because when linking it is assumed that the libraries are installed in /usr/lib/lftp/<version>/ instead of the prepended buildroot (which is often the case when packaging or building/installing in a somewhat protected environment.
/usr/bin/libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c 'liblftp-network.la' '/mnt/dar/tmp/lftp-3.0.9-1.0.rh7.dag -root/usr/lib/lftp/3.0.9/liblftp-network.la' /usr/bin/install -c .libs/liblftp-network.so /mnt/dar/tmp/lftp-3.0.9-1.0.rh7.dag-root/usr/lib/lftp/3.0.9/liblft p-network.so /usr/bin/install -c .libs/liblftp-network.lai /mnt/dar/tmp/lftp-3.0.9-1.0.rh7.dag-root/usr/lib/lftp/3.0.9/liblf tp-network.la /usr/bin/install -c .libs/liblftp-network.a /mnt/dar/tmp/lftp-3.0.9-1.0.rh7.dag-root/usr/lib/lftp/3.0.9/liblftp -network.a ranlib /mnt/dar/tmp/lftp-3.0.9-1.0.rh7.dag-root/usr/lib/lftp/3.0.9/liblftp-network.a chmod 644 /mnt/dar/tmp/lftp-3.0.9-1.0.rh7.dag-root/usr/lib/lftp/3.0.9/liblftp-network.a libtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool --finish /usr/lib/lftp/3.0.9' /usr/bin/libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c 'proto-ftp.la' '/mnt/dar/tmp/lftp-3.0.9-1.0.rh7.dag-root/ usr/lib/lftp/3.0.9/proto-ftp.la' libtool: install: warning: relinking `proto-ftp.la' (cd /mnt/dar/build/lftp-3.0.9/src; /bin/sh /usr/bin/libtool --mode=relink i386-redhat-linux-gcc -O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Woverloaded-virtual -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -fno-implement-inlines -Winlin e -s -o proto-ftp.la -module -avoid-version -rpath /usr/lib/lftp/3.0.9 ftpclass.lo FtpListInfo.lo FtpDirList.lo md5.lo ftp-opie.lo FileCopyFtp.lo -L/usr/lib/lftp/3.0.9 liblftp-network.la -lutil -lcurses -lresolv -ldl -lm) gcc -shared ftpclass.lo FtpListInfo.lo FtpDirList.lo md5.lo ftp-opie.lo FileCopyFtp.lo -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/l ib/lftp/3.0.9 -L/usr/lib/lftp/3.0.9 -llftp-network -lutil -lcurses -lresolv -ldl -lm -Wl,-soname -Wl,proto-f tp.so -o .libs/proto-ftp.so /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -llftp-network collect2: ld returned 1 exit status libtool: install: error: relink `proto-ftp.la' with the above command before installing it libtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool --finish /usr/lib/lftp/3.0.9' With newer libtools this is apparently not a problem, but with the buildtools on Red Hat 7.3 and Red Hat Enterprise 2.1 this breaks horribly and results in a non-functional ftp client. This happened since release 3.0.4 apparently. You can find the buildlogs from 3.0.6 and upward at: http://dag.wieers.com/packages/lftp/_buildlogs/ Kind regards, -- dag wieers, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]