Re: Fix FreeBSD capsicum build on FreeBSD 10.1

[Loganaden Velvindron <logan () elandsys com>]

On Sun, Dec 07, 2014 at 12:13:09AM -0800, Guy Harris wrote:
> On Dec 6, 2014, at 11:44 PM, Loganaden Velvindron <logan () elandsys com> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 11:41:51PM -0800, Guy Harris wrote:
> > > On Dec 6, 2014, at 9:19 PM, Loganaden Velvindron <logan () elandsys com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Here's the config.log output:
> > > >
> > > > configure:4540: checking for cap_rights_init
> > > > configure:4540: cc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c  >&5
> > > > /tmp/conftest-942ee0.o: In function `main':
> > > > /root/tcpdump/tcpdump-4.6.2/conftest.c:66: undefined reference to `cap_rights_init'
> > > > cc: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
> > >
> > > So, in FreeBSD 10.1, is cap_rights_init() a function in libc, or is it a macro that calls a function with a 
> > > different name? The linker seems to be indicating that it's not present in the standard library.
> >
> > According to the man page, it's part of the standard libc:
>
> And the answer is B) it's a macro that calls a function with a different name; from <sys/capsicum.h> in FreeBSD SVN:
>
>       #define cap_rights_init(...)                                            \
>               __cap_rights_init(CAP_RIGHTS_VERSION, __VA_ARGS__, 0ULL)
>       cap_rights_t *__cap_rights_init(int version, cap_rights_t *rights, ...);
>
> The same is true of cap_rights_set, cap_rights_clear, and cap_rights_is_set, so we can't check *any* of them with 
> AC_CHECK_FUNCS.
>
> The only one we're checking for is cap_rights_init, though, so removing that from the list (with a comment explaining 
> why we can't check for it) would suffice.

ping :-)
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