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

[nagiosplug.git] / configure.in

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5453fe1dee87a92377eeb20c145f0d431886b945..4f9dc1c9f0e5fcfc0f44d69f61948c4cf3062cb3 100644 (file)
--- 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