yup, i already figured it out. thanks anyway though!
  - a
>Add `-lcrypt' in the Makefile's options for linking the image.
>
>On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, synapse wrote:
>
>> I attempted compiling a ComBot (IRC Bot). i had absolutely no problems
>> until the  end where it put the object files together:
>> ---cut here---
>> # make
>> cd source; make
>> gcc -O2 -s -Wall  -o ComBot main.o combot.o cfgfile.o parse.o com-ons.o
>> fileio.o
>>  send.o  ctcp.o server.o channel.o chanuser.o userlist.o dcc.o
>>function.o log.o
>> debug.o memory.o match.o commands.o vars.o structs.o
>> function.o: Undefined symbol `_crypt' referenced from text segment
>> function.o: Undefined symbol `_crypt' referenced from text segment
>> *** Error code 1
>>
>> Stop.
>> *** Error code 1
>>
>> Stop.
>> #
>> ---cut here---
>> If anyone knows a simple way to alleviate this problem, I'd really
>> appreciate it.
>> thanks a lot!
>>   - a
>>
>>
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