Re: ld: /usr/lib/libutil.so.7: warning: warning: reference to compatibility ...

On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 12:28:20AM +0100, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 10:12:41PM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> > On 2/24/26 9:41 PM, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> > > When compiling code in pkgsrc, I often see this block:
> > > 
> > > ld: /usr/lib/libutil.so.7: warning: warning: reference to compatibility login_getpwclass(); include <login_cap.h> for correct reference
> > 
> > Yes, this is a GNU ld bug in that it is reporting references from shared
> > libraries. I looked at it years ago, but gave up trying to resolve those.
> 
> Would it be an option to use __attribute__((deprecated(msg)))
> instead of the asm macro we have now?

Ah, no, because the function is not deprecated, we just don't want to
call the "old" not-renamed version of the function. The rename part
was missing in my toy example.
 Thomas