Building krb5 from the 1.7 package on AIX 5.3 (that's me) and AIX 6.1 for some others (See http://www.nabble.com/Kerberos-linking-on-AIX-6.1-td23543026.html ) fails in the linking phase due to missing linker flags. This patch does the trick; hth: --- 8< --- diff -c -r orig/krb5-1.7/src/config/shlib.conf modified/krb5-1.7/src/config/shlib.conf *** orig/krb5-1.7/src/config/shlib.conf 2008-12-09 00:33:07.000000000 +0200 --- modified/krb5-1.7/src/config/shlib.conf 2009-07-07 16:51:37.659010000 +0300 *************** *** 464,470 **** PROFFLAGS=-pg if test "$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu" = "yes" ; then wl_prefix=-Wl, ! RPATH_FLAG='-Wl,-blibpath:' LDCOMBINE='$(CC) -shared -v -o $@ $$objlist -nostartfiles -Xlinker -bgcbypass:1 -Xlinker -bfilelist -Xlinker -bM:SRE -Xlinker -bE: $(SHLIB_EXPORT_FILE) -Xlinker -bernotok -Xlinker -brtl $(SHLIB_EXPFLAGS) -lc $$initfini' else wl_prefix= --- 464,470 ---- PROFFLAGS=-pg if test "$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu" = "yes" ; then wl_prefix=-Wl, ! RPATH_FLAG='-Wl,-brtl,-blibpath:' LDCOMBINE='$(CC) -shared -v -o $@ $$objlist -nostartfiles -Xlinker -bgcbypass:1 -Xlinker -bfilelist -Xlinker -bM:SRE -Xlinker -bE: $(SHLIB_EXPORT_FILE) -Xlinker -bernotok -Xlinker -brtl $(SHLIB_EXPFLAGS) -lc $$initfini' else wl_prefix= --- 8< --- -- Kimmo R. M. Hovi | Fair Warning Oy Principal Consultant | kimmo@fairwarning.fi | +358-40-7678610