Re: Compilation issue: adding libraries and source files

[Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <jfernandez_at_germinus.com>]

Hasnain Atique wrote:

> I don't have a whole lot of experience with autoconf, hence this
> somewhat basic question.
>
> I'm trying to compile nessus with additional libraries (-L/usr/lib/mysql
> -lmysqlclient -lz), and a few additional soource files (for example,
> chomp.cc, resolve.cc). I've looked at the files produced by ./configure
> and how nessus.tmpl and ./cflags are used. I can't seem to get the
> compiler to recognize the library options even when I hardcode these in
> nessus.tmpl and ./cflags.

If you want to use the autoconf/configure stuff from the database 
branch use: ./configure --with-mysql, which should setup all the 
environment properly, this will set, at least:

LIBS=-L/usr/lib -lnessus -lhosts_gatherer -lpcap-nessus  -lutil -lnsl 
-lresolv  -L/usr/lib -lssl -lcrypto -ldl  -lz  -lmysqlclient

in nessus.tmpl (you shouldn't need -L/usr/lib/mysql AFAIK BTW).

Regards

Javi