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-rw-r--r--changes/bug26986
-rw-r--r--configure.in18
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/changes/bug2698 b/changes/bug2698
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d995788bfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug2698
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+ o Minor bugfixes:
+ - Fix an issue that prevented static linking of libevent on
+ some platforms (notably Linux). Fixes bug 2698, bugfix on
+ versions 0.2.1.23/0.2.2.8-alpha (the versions introducing
+ the --with-static-libevent configure option).
+
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f5dcf44ed9..5b9f093697 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -340,7 +340,19 @@ tor_libevent_pkg_debian="libevent-dev"
tor_libevent_devpkg_redhat="libevent-devel"
tor_libevent_devpkg_debian="libevent-dev"
-TOR_SEARCH_LIBRARY(libevent, $trylibeventdir, [-levent $TOR_LIB_WS32], [
+dnl On Gnu/Linux or any place we require it, we'll add librt to the Libevent
+dnl linking for static builds.
+STATIC_LIBEVENT_FLAGS=""
+if test "$enable_static_libevent" = "yes"; then
+ dnl Determine if we have clock_gettime in librt
+ AC_SEARCH_LIBS([clock_gettime], [rt],
+ [have_rt=yes])
+ if test "$have_rt" = yes; then
+ STATIC_LIBEVENT_FLAGS=" -lrt "
+ fi
+fi
+
+TOR_SEARCH_LIBRARY(libevent, $trylibeventdir, [-levent $STATIC_LIBEVENT_FLAGS $TOR_LIB_WS32], [
#ifdef WIN32
#include <winsock2.h>
#endif
@@ -363,7 +375,7 @@ dnl Now check for particular libevent functions.
save_LIBS="$LIBS"
save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-LIBS="-levent $TOR_LIB_WS32 $LIBS"
+LIBS="-levent $STATIC_LIBEVENT_FLAGS $TOR_LIB_WS32 $LIBS"
LDFLAGS="$TOR_LDFLAGS_libevent $LDFLAGS"
CPPFLAGS="$TOR_CPPFLAGS_libevent $CPPFLAGS"
AC_CHECK_FUNCS(event_get_version event_get_version_number event_get_method event_set_log_callback evdns_set_outgoing_bind_address event_base_loopexit)
@@ -384,7 +396,7 @@ if test "$enable_static_libevent" = "yes"; then
if test "$tor_cv_library_libevent_dir" = "(system)"; then
AC_MSG_ERROR("You must specify an explicit --with-libevent-dir=x option when using --enable-static-libevent")
else
- TOR_LIBEVENT_LIBS="$TOR_LIBDIR_libevent/libevent.a"
+ TOR_LIBEVENT_LIBS="$TOR_LIBDIR_libevent/libevent.a $STATIC_LIBEVENT_FLAGS"
fi
else
TOR_LIBEVENT_LIBS="-levent"