Flash <flashl@cox.net> writes:
>I am using software from sunfreeware mirrors for the sparc/5.5.1 arch. The
>pkginfo for the installed openssh is:

># pkginfo -l SMCossh4
> PKGINST: SMCossh4
> NAME: openssh
> CATEGORY: application
> ARCH: sparc
> VERSION: 4.0p1
> BASEDIR: /usr/local
> VENDOR: The OpenSSH Group
> PSTAMP: Steve Christensen
> INSTDATE: May 30 2005 13:27
> EMAIL: steve@smc.vnet.net
> STATUS: completely installed
> FILES: 96 installed pathnames
> 8 shared pathnames
> 19 directories
> 20 executables
> 1 setuid/setgid executables
> 4276 blocks used (approx)

>I downloaded the source for this version, attempted to compile it but
>received this complaint during configure:

You'd probably have to ask him what patch-levels of everything is at,
but it looks like its built for a later version of Solaris than 5.5.1...
But maybe just needs something like the last set of lib patches
installed on your machine.

>checking for library containing basename... -lgen
>checking for deflate in -lz... no

Yes, autoconf generally sucks. You probably have to play around with
some of the LIB location flags to pick up /usr/local/lib locations.