Mason wrote:

> I'm trying to cross-compile libcurl for an embedded platform
> where the typical "BSD socket" functions are stored in a
> static library as lwip_gethostbyname, lwip_connect, etc
> (provided by lwip).
>
> I'm still trying to run the configure script successfully.
>
> It seems I can prevent the configure script from testing
> for gethostbyname by exporting
>
> export ac_cv_func_gethostbyname=yes
>
> Is that correct?
>
> However, I don't see the same thing for connect.

No one has commented on this particular aspect of the problem.

Is it an merely an oversight that one may define
  ac_cv_func_gethostbyname=yes
to skip the detection of gethostbyname, but there is no such
method to skip the detection of connect?

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