OpenSAML user discussion

[Mike Brennan <>]

Yes, I did specify the correct syntax to configure, including the "=",
even though I left it out of my description in the post.  Sorry for
the confusion.

Here's how it looks from my build script:

   --with-curl=/usr/local/shibboleth/curl/bin/curl-config

As for AIX: Yes, there can be challenges, but I have already built
lots of other packages, including (but not limited to), openssl,
log4shib, zlib, xerces-c, and, indeed, curl.  I see no reason 
I shouldn't be able to build xmltooling.  Besides, we're just
talking about a shell script at this point. Pretty simple stuff.
Let's save our pessimism for when we get to linking the library.

So, any idea what might be the problem?

> 
> > xmltooling-1.4  AIX 5.3
> 
> Just FYI, I doubt very much an AIX build will work, that's not a supported 
> platform and it's by far the least supported autotools platform.
> 
> > 1. Specify the directory where curl is installed:
> > 
> >      configure --with-curl /usr/local/shibboleth/curl
> 
> You're missing an = sign. --with-curl=
> 
> >    ** What exactly is the argument to --with-curl supposed to be?
> 
> All configure options use an = separator.
> 
> >    ** Why does configure look elsewhere for curl even when I
> >       specify --with curl?  Shouldn't configure abort if my --with-curl
> >       is not acceptable? (To do otherwise is fraught with peril.)
> 
> It would if you were passing the options correctly.
> 
> But you are in for a nightmare with AIX and I don't expect it will work.
>  
> -- Scott
> 
>