Problems compiling Linux-PAM-0.66 (possible hassle with egcs or glibc)

[CaT <cat at zip dot com dot au>]

I just sent the letter below (well that's the relevant bit ;) to the
pam mailinglist. After a brief exchange it was said that either glibc
or egcs might be the problem here. The include file involved is
string.h and I could not find what was wrong with it, _pam.macros.h
or pam_access.c that would cause this.

As such I was wondering if either of you guys could help out here.
I use glibc2.1 with egcs 1.1.2 and linux 2.2.7ac4. The pam source
code was acquired from the 0.66 tarball that's on any of the linux
mirrors.

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to get this
sucker to compile. :/

CaT wrote the following:
> 
> *sob*
> 
> Well I've tried and tried and I can't get the sucker to compile. As such
> I've got some questions:
> 
> 1. Is the following a result of something I am doing or a problem with pam?
> 
> 1349.root@kinder:/felix/src/Linux-PAM>> make
> make[1]: Entering directory `/felix/src/Linux-PAM/modules'
> modules for linux are:
> pam_access    pam_deny  pam_filter  pam_group    pam_limits    pam_mail     pam_permit  pam_radius  pam_rootok     pam_shells  pam_tally  pam_unix  pam_wheel
> pam_cracklib  pam_env   pam_ftp     pam_lastlog  pam_listfile  pam_nologin  pam_pwdb    pam_rhosts  pam_securetty  pam_stress  pam_time   pam_warn
> :--------
> 
> make[2]: Entering directory `/felix/src/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_access'
> mkdir -p ./dynamic
> gcc -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -march=pentiumpro -pipe -g -DLINUX_PAM  -ansi -D_POSIX_SOURCE -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align -Wtraditional -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Winline -Wshadow -pedantic -I/felix/src/Linux-PAM/include -fPIC -Dlinux -Di386                -DCONFILE=\"/etc/security/access.conf\" -DPAM_DYNAMIC   -c pam_access.c -o dynamic/pam_access.o
> In file included from pam_access.c:46:
> /felix/src/Linux-PAM/include/security/_pam_macros.h:12: parse error before `__extension__'
> /felix/src/Linux-PAM/include/security/_pam_macros.h:12: `__len' undeclared here (not in a function)
> /felix/src/Linux-PAM/include/security/_pam_macros.h:12: initializer element is not constant
> /felix/src/Linux-PAM/include/security/_pam_macros.h:12: parse error before `if'
> /felix/src/Linux-PAM/include/security/_pam_macros.h:12: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `__retval'
> /felix/src/Linux-PAM/include/security/_pam_macros.h:12: conflicting types for `__retval'
> /felix/src/Linux-PAM/include/security/_pam_macros.h:12: previous declaration of `__retval'
> /felix/src/Linux-PAM/include/security/_pam_macros.h:12: ANSI C forbids data definition with no type or storage class
> /felix/src/Linux-PAM/include/security/_pam_macros.h:12: parse error before `}'
> make[2]: *** [dynamic/pam_access.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/felix/src/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_access'
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/felix/src/Linux-PAM/modules'
> 
> --- 8< ---
> 
> my default.defs file is:
> 
> 1351.root@kinder:/felix/src/Linux-PAM>> more default.defs
> # this file indicates the compiler and the various hardware/OS dependent
> # flags for installation. It also defines the various destinations of
> # installed files on the system.
> #
> # This file is the default version. Please look in .../defs/ for your
> # preferred OS/vendor.
> 
> OS=linux
> ARCH=i386               # should be changed for alpha
> CC=gcc
> INSTALL=install
> MKDIR=mkdir -p
> CFLAGS=-O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -march=pentiumpro -pipe -g
> ULIBS=#-lefence
> LD=ld
> LD_D=gcc -shared -Xlinker -x
> LD_L=$(LD) -x -shared
> USESONAME=yes
> SOSWITCH=-soname
> NEEDSONAME=no
> LDCONFIG=/sbin/ldconfig
> AR=ar -cr
> RANLIB=ranlib
> FAKEROOT=
> PREFIX=/sw/Linux-PAM-0.66
> SUPLEMENTED=$(PREFIX)/sbin
> LIBDIR=$(PREFIX)/lib
> SECUREDIR=$(LIBDIR)/security
> INCLUDED=/usr/include/security
> CONFIGED=/etc
> SCONFIGED=/etc/security

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CaT (cat@zip.net.au)                       URL: http://www.zip.com.au/dev/null

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