Github user jpeach commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/zookeeper/pull/565
Added a test. I needed the following patch to get the tests to build on
Fedora 28:
```
diff --git a/src/c/Makefile.am b/src/c/Makefile.am
index a81e3da2..0230419b 100644
--- a/src/c/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/c/Makefile.am
@@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ check_PROGRAMS = zktest-st
TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = ZKROOT=${srcdir}/../.. \
CLASSPATH=$$CLASSPATH:$$CLOVER_HOME/lib/clover.jar
nodist_zktest_st_SOURCES = $(TEST_SOURCES)
-zktest_st_LDADD = libzkst.la libhashtable.la $(CPPUNIT_LIBS)
+zktest_st_LDADD = libzkst.la libhashtable.la $(CPPUNIT_LIBS) -ldl
zktest_st_CXXFLAGS = -DUSE_STATIC_LIB $(CPPUNIT_CFLAGS) $(USEIPV6)
$(SOLARIS_CPPFLAGS)
zktest_st_LDFLAGS = -shared $(SYMBOL_WRAPPERS) $(SOLARIS_LIB_LDFLAGS)
if WANT_SYNCAPI
check_PROGRAMS += zktest-mt
nodist_zktest_mt_SOURCES = $(TEST_SOURCES) tests/PthreadMocks.cc
- zktest_mt_LDADD = libzkmt.la libhashtable.la -lpthread $(CPPUNIT_LIBS)
+ zktest_mt_LDADD = libzkmt.la libhashtable.la -lpthread $(CPPUNIT_LIBS)
-ldl
zktest_mt_CXXFLAGS = -DUSE_STATIC_LIB -DTHREADED $(CPPUNIT_CFLAGS)
$(USEIPV6)
if SOLARIS
SHELL_SYMBOL_WRAPPERS_MT = cat ${srcdir}/tests/wrappers-mt.opt
diff --git a/src/c/configure.ac b/src/c/configure.ac
index 9811618d..e905aa4d 100644
--- a/src/c/configure.ac
+++ b/src/c/configure.ac
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if test "$with_cppunit" = "no" ; then
CPPUNIT_INCLUDE=
CPPUNIT_LIBS=
else
- AM_PATH_CPPUNIT(1.10.2)
+ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CPPUNIT], [cppunit], [HAVE_CPPUNIT=yes])
fi
if test "$CALLER" = "ANT" ; then
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ AM_PROG_CC_C_O
AC_PROG_CXX
AC_PROG_INSTALL
AC_PROG_LN_S
+AM_PROG_AR
# AC_DISABLE_SHARED
AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
```
---
