Re: Compiling rdesktop on Debian Woody

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Line 491 is:

 	struct sigaction act;

Apparently, this system does not recognize "sigaction". This is strange;=20
it has been around for a long time. Are you sure you have the development=
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packages installed? Was ./configure successful?

Rgds,
Peter

On Fri, 15 Jun 2012, Luke Pascoe wrote:

> Hello all,
> I have an oddball problem which requires that I get a modern version of=
 rdesktop compiled for an ancient linux, kind of a computing=C2=A0palaeon=
tology=C2=A0thing.
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> First question is, is the attempt foolhardy? Is it just Not Going to Wo=
rk(tm)?
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> I am a programmer, but don't write C (yeah yeah, I can hear your abuse =
from here) although I can read it pretty well. I've got to the stage wher=
e ./configure
> works OK, no warnings or errors, but when I run make I get this:
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> woody:/usr/src/rdesktop-1.7.1# make
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall -I/usr/include =C2=A0 -DPACKAGE_NAME=3D\"rdesktop\" -D=
PACKAGE_TARNAME=3D\"rdesktop\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=3D\"1.7.1\" -DPACKAGE_ST=
RING=3D\"rdesktop\ 1.7.1\"
> -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=3D\"\" -DPACKAGE_URL=3D\"\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=3D1 -DHA=
VE_SYS_TYPES_H=3D1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=3D1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=3D1 -DHAVE_STRIN=
G_H=3D1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=3D1
> -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=3D1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=3D1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=3D1 -DHAVE_U=
NISTD_H=3D1 -DL_ENDIAN=3D1 -DHAVE_SYS_SELECT_H=3D1 -DHAVE_LOCALE_H=3D1 -D=
HAVE_LANGINFO_H=3D1
> -DHAVE_SYSEXITS_H=3D1 -Dssldir=3D\"/usr\" -DEGD_SOCKET=3D\"/var/run/egd=
-pool\" -DWITH_RDPSND=3D1 -DRDPSND_OSS=3D1 -DHAVE_DIRENT_H=3D1 -DHAVE_DIR=
FD=3D1 -DHAVE_DECL_DIRFD=3D1
> -DHAVE_ICONV_H=3D1 -DHAVE_ICONV=3D1 -DICONV_CONST=3D -DHAVE_SYS_VFS_H=3D=
1 -DHAVE_SYS_STATVFS_H=3D1 -DHAVE_SYS_STATFS_H=3D1 -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=3D1=
 -DHAVE_SYS_MOUNT_H=3D1
> -DSTAT_STATVFS=3D1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_STATVFS_F_NAMEMAX=3D1 -DHAVE_STRUCT_ST=
ATFS_F_NAMELEN=3D1 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=3D64 -DHAVE_MNTENT_H=3D1 -DHAVE_SE=
TMNTENT=3D1
> -DKEYMAP_PATH=3D\"/usr/local/share/rdesktop/keymaps/\" -o rdesktop.o -c=
 rdesktop.c
> rdesktop.c: In function `main':
> rdesktop.c:491: parse error before `struct'
> rdesktop.c:492: `act' undeclared (first use in this function)
> rdesktop.c:492: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> rdesktop.c:492: for each function it appears in.)
> rdesktop.c:911: parse error before `int'
> rdesktop.c:912: `pwlen' undeclared (first use in this function)
> make: *** [rdesktop.o] Error 1
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> I've successfully compiled it in Linux Mint 12, so I know what it's sup=
posed to look like, and I can see I'm not getting very far. As I understa=
nd it, "act" is
> a data structure which, as I can't find a definition in the rdesktop co=
de, must be defined by a library, and the library version that Woody uses=
 doesn't have
> that structure yet? Am I on the right track?
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> Is there any way round this kind of thing?
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> Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks.
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