[syslog-ng]Syslog-ng will not configure properly on vanilla Red Hat

[Keg]

I just realized it is looking for libol > 0.3.13, but the latest on the 
site is 0.3.9 which it says to use with syslog-ng 1.6.3.

Where can I get this newer version of libol????
??

michihito matsubara wrote:

> Hi Keg,
> 
> run /sbin/ldconfig after adding /usr/local/lib into your /etc/ld.so.conf.
> 
> then, run configure again without --with-libol option.
> 
> how'bout it?
> 
> 
> HTH
> mitch
> 
> 
> On Thu, 13 May 2004 07:28:56 -0700
> Subject: [syslog-ng]Syslog-ng will not configure properly on vanilla Red Hat
> Keg <syslog-ng@zulu420.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>syslog-ng needs the libol library, which I compiled and installed to 
>>it's default location, /usr/local/lib.
>>
>>When configuring syslog-ng I get this error:
>><snip>
>>checking for strptime... yes
>>checking for TCP wrapper library... -lwrap
>>checking whether to enable Sun STREAMS support... no
>>checking whether to enable Sun door support... no
>>checking whether to enable TCP wrapper support... no
>>checking whether to enable spoof_source support... no
>>checking libol version >= 0.3.13... no
>>configure: error: Required libol version not found
>>
>>Here is the library:
>>syslog:/usr/local/lib #ls -la
>>total 124
>>drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 May 13 06:45 .
>>drwxr-xr-x   23 root     root         4096 Jan 10 10:55 ..
>>-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        51408 May 13 06:45 libol.a
>>-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          698 May 13 06:45 libol.la
>>lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           14 May 13 06:45 libol.so -> 
>>libol.so.0.0.0
>>lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           14 May 13 06:45 libol.so.0 -> 
>>libol.so.0.0.0
>>-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        50799 May 13 06:45 libol.so.0.0.0
>>
>>
>>I added /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and ran ldconfig. (even 
>>rebooted as well) This did not work.
>>I added /usr/local/lib to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, this did not work.
>>I tried configuring with --with-libol=/usr/local and got same error.
>>I tried configuring with --with-libol=/usr/local/lib and got same error.
>>I tried configuring with --with-libol=/usr/local, however, this time I 
>>get this error:
>>
>>checking for TCP wrapper library... -lwrap
>>checking whether to enable Sun STREAMS support... no
>>checking whether to enable Sun door support... no
>>checking whether to enable TCP wrapper support... no
>>checking whether to enable spoof_source support... no
>>checking libol version >= 0.3.13... configure: error: libol-config not 
>>found in the specified location
>>
>>libol-config is in /usr/local/bin:
>>syslog:/usr/local/src/Syslog-Ng/syslog-ng-1.6.3 #ls -l /usr/local/bin/
>>-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         1298 May 13 06:45 libol-config
>>
>>I have followed every doc as instructed. This is a vanilla RH 9 system 
>>with all updates.
>>
>>Thx for any help.
>>cc
>>
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