Note that the network on my 2.0.33 machine is somewhat broken, therefore I had to transfer the ngircd-tarball by attaching a small harddisc to it, also to transfer the config.log back ... # uname -a Linux susi52 2.0.33 #2 Sat Jan 11 16:17:36 MET 2014 i686 unknown [...] ngIRCd 23 has been configured with the following options: Host: i686-pc-linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compiler flags: -g -O2 -pipe -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -DSYSCONFDIR='"$(sysconfdir)"' -DDOCDIR='"$(docdir)"' Libraries: -lz 'ngircd' binary: /usr/local/sbin Configuration file: /usr/local/etc Manual pages: /usr/local/share/man Documentation: /usr/local/share/doc/ngircd Syslog support: yes Enable debug code: no zlib compression: yes IRC sniffer: no Use TCP Wrappers: no Strict RFC mode: no IDENT support: no IRC+ protocol: yes IPv6 protocol: no I/O backend: select() PAM support: no SSL support: no libiconv support: no [...] "expect -nobrace timeout { exit 1 } "402" # note this is not specified in RFC 2812, but probably should be " invoked from within "expect { timeout { exit 1 } "402" # note this is not specified in RFC 2812, but probably should be }" (file "./misc-test.e" line 48) make[3]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1 make[2]: *** [check-am] Error 2 make[1]: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 the executable works ("runs") as expected --+ tests run successfully ("make check") --+ | ngIRCd compiles ("make") --+ | | ./configure works --+ | | | | | | | Platform Compiler ngIRCd Date Tester C M T R * --------------------------- ------------ ---------- -------- -------- - - - - - i686/pc/linux-gnu 2.7.2.1 23 15-11-30 goetz Y Y N Y 1 [...] configure:4173: gcc -c -g -O2 conftest.c >&5 conftest.c:12: stdbool.h: No such file or directory conftest.c:18: warning: invalid character in macro parameter name conftest.c:18: badly punctuated parameter list in `#define' conftest.c:19: warning: invalid character in macro parameter name conftest.c:19: badly punctuated parameter list in `#define' conftest.c:20: badly punctuated parameter list in `#define' conftest.c:36: two `l's in integer constant conftest.c:39: two `l's in integer constant configure:4173: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: Pls find full config.log attached.