Bug 2560 - RedHat 6.0 does not compile ssh version 2.0.[11|12] or 1.2.26
Summary: RedHat 6.0 does not compile ssh version 2.0.[11|12] or 1.2.26
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: egcs
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lawrence
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Reported: 1999-05-05 08:01 UTC by nfield
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-05-05 12:35:17 UTC
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Description nfield 1999-05-05 08:01:17 UTC
I have a fresh redhat 6.0 install on a x86 machine (VA
Research VArStation 28), however I have been unable to
compile ssh versions 2.0.11, 2.0.12, and 1.2.26.  During the
install I chose the custom install and selected every
component except for the news server.  The configure works
fine, and the build works up until it gets to wtmp.c.  It
fails with errors that indicate that the include file
/usr/include/wtmpx.h is bad in some way.  Here are the
errors:

gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../.. -I. -I. -I../..
-I../.. -I../sshutil
 -I./../sshutil  -g -Wall -c wtmp.c
wtmp.c: In function `ssh_user_record_login':
wtmp.c:384: warning: flag `0' used with type `s'
wtmp.c:388: warning: flag `0' used with type `s'
wtmp.c:413: structure has no member named `ut_syslen'
wtmp.c:425: warning: implicit declaration of function
`updwtmpx'
wtmp.c:425: `WTMPX_FILE' undeclared (first use in this
function)
wtmp.c:425: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only
once
wtmp.c:425: for each function it appears in.)

In ssh version 1.2.26 it fails in login.c with very similar
errors.  I would have thought that this would have already
been found if it were a general problem, but I can't find
any mention of ssh in the bugzilla complete list.  I've
compiled ssh dozens of times on all versions of linux, on
solaris and on IRIX and I've never had any problems, so I'm
stumped. I really need help on this very soon.  I'd greatly
appreciate it if someone could give me some suggestions and
cc me directly.  Thanks,
        Nathan

PS.  I attempted upgrading to the 2.2.7 kernel, even though
I knew it would make no difference...  Guess what, I was
right.

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-05-05 12:35:59 UTC
Here's what I do for 1.2.26. I haven't tried 2.0.x, but I'm told
that -D_GNU_SOURCE does the trick there too. Please reopen this bug if
not ...

Add -D_GNU_SOURCE to CFLAGS. In addition, there's a one liner for
login.c

--- ssh-1.2.26/login.c.rh       Fri Mar 12 16:06:29 1999
+++ ssh-1.2.26/login.c  Fri Mar 12 16:06:37 1999
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@
     ux.ut_session = pid;
     strncpy(ux.ut_host, host, sizeof(ux.ut_host));
     ux.ut_host[sizeof(ux.ut_host) - 1] = 0;
-    ux.ut_syslen = strlen(ux.ut_host);
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSLEN_IN_UTMPX
     ux.ut_syslen = strlen(ux.ut_host);
 #endif


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