make error for mgetty

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Hi,

while this will make mgetty compile, things will break later in ugly and
subtle ways.  DO NOT USE mgetty 1.0.0 with GNU libc 2.x, it WILL BREAK.

gert


On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 10:42:01PM -0500, Thomas Cameron wrote:
> Howdy all -
> 
> I had the same problem as the original poster.  I changed the logfile.c file from this:
> 
> #if !defined(__NetBSD__) && !defined( __FreeBSD__ )
> extern char *sys_errlist[];
> #endif
> 
> to this:
> 
> /*
> #if !defined(__NetBSD__) && !defined( __FreeBSD__ )
> extern char *sys_errlist[];
> #endif
> */
> 
> The package compiled, with no errors, but a bunch of weird garbage on the screen that looked like escape sequences.  It also seems to work just fine.  Anyone know why?
> 
> Thomas
> 
> Gert Doering wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > use 1.1.20.  mgetty 1.1.0 will not work with gnu libc 2 (which is what
> > RedHat 5.x and up use).
> >
> > gert
> >
> > On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 06:46:48PM +1000, Pat Grogan wrote:
> > > I get the following error when trying to compile mgetty on my RedHat 5.2 box. I have compiled mgetty several times on other systems without this error. Can anyone suggest what may be wrong?
> > >
> > > root@canrsg mgetty-1.0.0]# make
> > > gcc -O2 -Wall -pipe   -c logfile.c -o logfile.o
> > > logfile.c:57: conflicting types for `sys_errlist'
> > > /usr/include/stdio.h:221: previous declaration of `sys_errlist'
> > > make: *** [logfile.o] Error 1
> > > [root@canrsg mgetty-1.0.0]
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated
> > >
> > > Pat grogan
> >
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