Hello,
-I/usr/local/include/eventlog
This is for include files. You would need the LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" and you mustn't put it into the Makefile.
in for the LDFLAS in the makefile but i still get the error i did install the eventlog package
Ok, you need to make sure you have done the following steps (not verified): $ tar zxvf eventlog... $ cd eventlog* $ ./configure $ make $ su ----> enter your root password # make install # ldconfig # exit $ cd .. $ tar zxvf syslog-ng... $ cd syslog-ng* $ ./configure ----> in the end you should see a couple of lines regarding eventlog: EVTLOG_CFLAGS=... EVTLOG_LIBS=... The should locate your eventlog library and its header location $ make ----> you should get your syslog-ng binary. HTH and if not, I'll probably get to work on a SuSE system by tomorrow. Also maybe you could check if the libraries are really installed by invoking (as user or root) find /usr/lib /usr/local/lib -name "*ev*log*" 2>/dev/null Regards, Roberto Nibali, ratz -- echo '[q]sa[ln0=aln256%Pln256/snlbx]sb3135071790101768542287578439snlbxq'|dc