dropbear and -lcrypt

[Rob Landley]

On 06/30/2011 09:43 AM, Matt Johnston wrote:
>> I use the attached patch to build a static dropbear 0.53.1 in Aboriginal
>> Linux.  I have no idea if it's the _right_ fix because autoconf is an
>> abomination that dropbear didn't used to use, but which it got infected
>> by a few years ago for no obvious reason.
> 
> Dropbear has used autoconf since the first public release in
> 2003*, mainly just for differences on non-Linux unixes.

*shrug*  Possibly the Linux build didn't use it in previous releases?
(I remember you had to edit options by hand...)

> The build's a bit horrible, but that's all just GNU make.

I've been talking with several people about trying to find some
replacement for the giant harball of autoconf/automake/gmake/libtool the
way git replaced CVS.

Alas, the tool we need doesn't exist yet, and convincing a big project
like Linux to switch over to provide an example to everybody else will
be a hard sell if Linus Torvalds doesn't personally write said tool again...

But we live in hope. :)

Rob