installing Checkpassword

When running make I get the following error.

[root@mmctsu3 checkpassword-0.90]# make
../load checkpassword prot.o unix.a byte.a `cat \
shadow.lib` `cat crypt.lib` `cat s.lib`
checkpassword.o(.text+0xfa): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `errno'
checkpassword.o(.text+0x23f): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `errno'
checkpassword.o(.text+0x263): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `errno'
unix.a(pathexec_run.o)(.text+0x10e): In function `pathexec_run':
: undefined reference to `errno'
unix.a(pathexec_run.o)(.text+0x152): In function `pathexec_run':
: undefined reference to `errno'
unix.a(alloc.o)(.text+0x48): more undefined references to `errno' follow
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [checkpassword] Error 1

On 20 Apr 2004 07:36:47 -0700, Wendel <wskahl@longlines.com> may have written:
> When running make I get the following error.
>
> [root@mmctsu3 checkpassword-0.90]# make
> ./load checkpassword prot.o unix.a byte.a `cat \
> shadow.lib` `cat crypt.lib` `cat s.lib`
> checkpassword.o(.text+0xfa): In function `main':
>: undefined reference to `errno'
> checkpassword.o(.text+0x23f): In function `main':
>: undefined reference to `errno'
> checkpassword.o(.text+0x263): In function `main':
>: undefined reference to `errno'
> unix.a(pathexec_run.o)(.text+0x10e): In function `pathexec_run':
>: undefined reference to `errno'
> unix.a(pathexec_run.o)(.text+0x152): In function `pathexec_run':
>: undefined reference to `errno'
> unix.a(alloc.o)(.text+0x48): more undefined references to `errno' follow
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [checkpassword] Error 1

mv error.h error.h.orig
sed -e s/extern int errno;/#include <errno.h>/g error.h.orig > error.h

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Brian T Glenn <glenn-nntp@this.delink.is.net.invalid> wrote in message news:<slrnc8aggi.ts1.glenn-nntp@ziege.delink.net>...
> On 20 Apr 2004 07:36:47 -0700, Wendel <wskahl@longlines.com> may have written:
> > When running make I get the following error.
> >
> > [root@mmctsu3 checkpassword-0.90]# make
> > ./load checkpassword prot.o unix.a byte.a `cat \
> > shadow.lib` `cat crypt.lib` `cat s.lib`
> > checkpassword.o(.text+0xfa): In function `main':
> >: undefined reference to `errno'
> checkpassword.o(.text+0x23f): In function `main':
> >: undefined reference to `errno'
> checkpassword.o(.text+0x263): In function `main':
> >: undefined reference to `errno'
> unix.a(pathexec_run.o)(.text+0x10e): In function `pathexec_run':
> >: undefined reference to `errno'
> unix.a(pathexec_run.o)(.text+0x152): In function `pathexec_run':
> >: undefined reference to `errno'
> > unix.a(alloc.o)(.text+0x48): more undefined references to `errno' follow
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > make: *** [checkpassword] Error 1
>
> mv error.h error.h.orig
> sed -e s/extern int errno;/#include <errno.h>/g error.h.orig > error.h

Brian, I get the following error on the sed command -
[root@mmctsu3 checkpassword-0.90]# mv error.h error.h.orig
[root@mmctsu3 checkpassword-0.90]# sed -e s/extern int errno;/#include
<errno.h>/g erro.h.orig > error.h
sed: -e expression #1, char 8: Unterminated `s' command
bash: errno.h: No such file or directory

What does that line do to the error.h file? From what I can figure
out you want to add something but I'm not sure what. Thanks for your
help.

Brian T Glenn <glenn-nntp@this.delink.is.net.invalid> wrote in message news:<slrnc8aggi.ts1.glenn-nntp@ziege.delink.net>...
> On 20 Apr 2004 07:36:47 -0700, Wendel <wskahl@longlines.com> may have written:
> > When running make I get the following error.
> >
> > [root@mmctsu3 checkpassword-0.90]# make
> > ./load checkpassword prot.o unix.a byte.a `cat \
> > shadow.lib` `cat crypt.lib` `cat s.lib`
> > checkpassword.o(.text+0xfa): In function `main':
> >: undefined reference to `errno'
> checkpassword.o(.text+0x23f): In function `main':
> >: undefined reference to `errno'
> checkpassword.o(.text+0x263): In function `main':
> >: undefined reference to `errno'
> unix.a(pathexec_run.o)(.text+0x10e): In function `pathexec_run':
> >: undefined reference to `errno'
> unix.a(pathexec_run.o)(.text+0x152): In function `pathexec_run':
> >: undefined reference to `errno'
> > unix.a(alloc.o)(.text+0x48): more undefined references to `errno' follow
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > make: *** [checkpassword] Error 1
>
> mv error.h error.h.orig
> sed -e s/extern int errno;/#include <errno.h>/g error.h.orig > error.h

Got the patch to work. Thanks

On 21 Apr 2004 07:25:17 -0700, Wendel <wskahl@longlines.com> may have written:
> Brian T Glenn <glenn-nntp@this.delink.is.net.invalid> wrote in message news:<slrnc8aggi.ts1.glenn-nntp@ziege.delink.net>...
>> On 20 Apr 2004 07:36:47 -0700, Wendel <wskahl@longlines.com> may have written:
>> > When running make I get the following error.
>> >
>> > [root@mmctsu3 checkpassword-0.90]# make
>> > ./load checkpassword prot.o unix.a byte.a `cat \
>> > shadow.lib` `cat crypt.lib` `cat s.lib`
>> > checkpassword.o(.text+0xfa): In function `main':
>> >: undefined reference to `errno'
>> checkpassword.o(.text+0x23f): In function `main':
>> >: undefined reference to `errno'
>> checkpassword.o(.text+0x263): In function `main':
>> >: undefined reference to `errno'
>> unix.a(pathexec_run.o)(.text+0x10e): In function `pathexec_run':
>> >: undefined reference to `errno'
>> unix.a(pathexec_run.o)(.text+0x152): In function `pathexec_run':
>> >: undefined reference to `errno'
>> > unix.a(alloc.o)(.text+0x48): more undefined references to `errno' follow
>> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>> > make: *** [checkpassword] Error 1
>>
>> mv error.h error.h.orig
>> sed -e s/extern int errno;/#include <errno.h>/g error.h.orig > error.h
>
> Brian, I get the following error on the sed command -
> [root@mmctsu3 checkpassword-0.90]# mv error.h error.h.orig
> [root@mmctsu3 checkpassword-0.90]# sed -e s/extern int errno;/#include
><errno.h>/g erro.h.orig > error.h
> sed: -e expression #1, char 8: Unterminated `s' command
> bash: errno.h: No such file or directory
>
> What does that line do to the error.h file? From what I can figure
> out you want to add something but I'm not sure what. Thanks for your
> help.

I forgot to include the quoting around the expression, try this:

sed -e 's/extern int errno;/#include <errno.h>/g' error.h.orig > error.h

It replaces all instances of the first expressions with the second. The
basic answer is that in later versions of glibc, errno is now a macro
instead of an int variable, so the declaration must be changed.

Good luck,
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