ECHILD error at waitpid on Red Hat systems (Peter Pramberger and

Sascha Runschke - 1250191)


git-svn-id: https://nagiosplug.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/nagiosplug/nagiosplug/trunk@1213 f882894a-f735-0410-b71e-b25c423dba1c

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5453fe1d..4f9dc1c9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1520,6 +1520,22 @@ AC_SUBST(DEPLIBS)
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([no-libtool], [need-ngettext])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.11.5)
 
+dnl Check for Redhat spopen problem
+dnl Wierd problem where ECHILD is returned from a wait call in error
+dnl Only appears to affect nslookup and dig calls. Only affects redhat around
+dnl 2.6.9-11 (okay in 2.6.9-5). Redhat investigating root cause
+dnl We patch plugins/popen.c
+if echo $ac_cv_uname_r | egrep "\.EL$" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+        AC_MSG_CHECKING(for redhat spopen problem)
+        ( cd config_test && make && make test ) > /dev/null 2>&1
+        if test $? -eq 0 ; then
+                AC_MSG_RESULT(okay)
+        else
+                AC_MSG_RESULT(error)
+                AC_DEFINE(REDHAT_SPOPEN_ERROR, 1, "Problem on redhat with spopen")
+        fi
+fi
+
 dnl External libraries - see ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 np_COREUTILS
 np_CURL