ktalkd needs the snprintf function, but some system don't have it (some Solaris versions, for instance). If snprintf is missing on your system, you can do the following : * compile ktalkd/kotalkd/vsnprintf.c, by entering 'make vsnprintf.o' in this directory. (there might be warnings, don't be afraid of them...) * if it compiles - add vsnprintf.o to the kotalkd_OBJECTS line in ktalkd/kotalkd/Makefile - copy vsnprintf.o to ktalkd/ktalkd - add vsnprintf.o to the cond0ktalkd_OBJECTS line in ktalkd/ktalkd/Makefile then run make from the toplevel directory again. Many thanks to Olof S Kylander <olof@frozenriver.com> for providing vsnprintf.c and to Bert Haverkamp <b.r.j.haverkamp@its.tudelft.nl> for reporting bugs in this readme. I know, the really good approach would be to include the missing automatically, which can be done. But for this I need to know if vsnprintf.c compiles on all architectures where snprintf is missing. If yes, I'll make the code in vsnprintf included automatically (in tdecore/fakes.cpp)