Procmail's getline() conflicts with glibc getline().

[Ag. Hatzimanikas]

Procmail is one of the many packages that fails to build, because as of 2.10 glibc has its own getline() function, since is defined in POSIX 2008. For procmail a simple sed can be used:

sed -i '/getline/get_line/' src/*.[ch]

This renames the getline function to get_line to the fields.c, formail.c formisc.c and formisc.h in the src directory.

Is it ok to use the sed or should I make a patch for it?

[Ag. Hatzimanikas]

A small correction,

sed -i 's/getline/get_line/' src/*.[ch]

[bdubbs@…]

I feel seds are preferable to patches. They are more visible and don't require a separate download. When we get to a point where several seds are required, then it's a judgment call when to transition to a patch.

[Ag. Hatzimanikas]

Thanks.

Fixed in r8199.

[bdubbs@…]

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