[Asterisk-Users] /usr/bin/ld error on make asterisk with Fedora Core 3

[Dave Green]

Chris Miller wrote:

> Dave Green wrote:
>
>> I've downloaded the latest CVS as of yesterday. Zaptel and libpri 
>> compile and link OK but after issuing the "make asterisk" command I 
>> get the following:
>>
>> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lidn
>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>> make[1]: *** [app_curl.so] Error 1
>> make[1]: leaving directory '/usr/src/asterisk/apps'
>> make: *** [subdirs] Error 1
>>
>> Linux version is 2.6.9-1.667
>> gcc version 3.4.2
>>
>> I compiled an earlier version of asterisk OK on a RH9 install but 
>> couldn't get zaptel to compile and I didn't have the kernel source 
>> files for RH9, so went to FC3. One step forward, one step back :)
>>
>> Any pointers to fixing / working around this error ?
>
>
> Works fine for me, did you "su -" to pick up root's env? It's saying it
> can't find the idn library. Make sure you have libidn-0.5.6-1 installed.
> Also, you need to update that system, there's a kernel update for a
> nasty (albeit local) security hole.
>
> Chris
>
Thanks for that Chris. I found there was no symlink back for libidn.so 
for some reason. Creating the link fixed the problem.

I'll check the FC updates too, cheers.

Dave


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