Quoting Ken Hornstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
In trying to build 1.4.1 on RHEL3 it appears the checks for
krb5/krb524 libraries are insufficient. RHEL3 ships mit krb5
1.2.7, which has a separate krb524 library. I had a fix for
the krb5 migration kit that would test whether the krb524 functions
are in the standard krb5 libraries and, if not, attempt to add -lkrb524
and see if it worked. Should I create a patch to openafs that
performs a similar series of tests?
Sigh. I really struggled with this. Part of what made the aklog
autoconf tests so difficult back in the migration kit days was the
wacky handling I had to do for the seperate 524 library (especially
since I was trying to go to the use of krb5-config). Getting
everything right ended up being a nightmare. When we did the aklog
integration for OpenAFS, we decided that Kerberos versions earlier than
1.3 were not going to be supported, for this very reason. Considering
how fragile the whole build process is with aklog right now, I am
not crazy about modifying it further, especially to support four year
old versions of Kerberos.
I see. Well, I have two options:
1) Don't support RHEL3 or
2) Patch OpenAFS to check for libkrb524 if it can't find either of these
symbols.
I suspect if we ask the user base they would prefer #2. I don't think
it would be TOO hard to write a test that adds "-lkrb524" to LIBS and
checks again for appropriate symbol....
I will note that the function in the MIT library is krb5_524_convert_creds();
the symbol name krb524_convert_creds_kdc is for Heimdal.
That's interesting, as the latter symbol ALSO exists in mit's krb524 library,
as noted in my previous email but cut from your response.
Would a patch to aclocal.m4 that checks for libkrb524 in the absense of
either symbols from the krb5-config output be accepted by the openafs
team? Or am I going to have to keep that patch private in perpetuity as
long as I continue to support RHEL3?
--Ken
-derek
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