In case it wasn't clear, of the four snippets I posted, two of them contain (now!) obvious errors, exactly as you predicted, Akim. I didn't clean them up in my earlier message; I posted them so the world could marvel at my ignorance. :-)
These were: > AC_SEARCH_LIBS(getspnam, sec gen, > AC_DEFINE([HAVE_GETSPNAM],1, > [Define if you have the getspnam function.]) needs a closing ')' > AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostname, :, AC_LIBOBJ([hostname]) and this one. However, I don't see an obvious problem with the AC_ARG_ENABLE(client,...) invocation, nor with the WITH_GDBM definition. (other than the use of AC_HELP_STRING). However, since the AC_ARG_ENABLE(client...) macro came immediately after the above AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostname....), it's possible that the error cascaded. The good news is, after fixing the above problems and removing references to AC_HELP_STRING, many -- but not all -- of the problems I described went away. Thanks, Akim. (Still having difficulties with the expansion of the WITH_GDBM macro...I'll keep looking, but if anybody sees an "obvious" problem, please shout out...) --Chuck
