[colug-432] strlcpy / strlcat in Centos 6.6

Rob Stampfli rob944 at cboh.org
Sun Dec 21 21:19:55 EST 2014


Thanks, Chris.  I did note the stackoverflow comment but was
hoping for a cleaner solution.  I might have to add the
repository, but for now I'm going to set this project aside
and enjoy the holiday, as I hope all of you are doing, too.

Rob

On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 01:56:07AM -0500, Chris Wallace wrote:
> hi,
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/a/24773171
> 
> You may need to add an externel repository, like the EPEL.
> 
> I hope this helps,
> -chris
> 
> On 12/21/2014 01:40 AM, Rob Stampfli wrote:
> > I'm trying to build the latest opendkim package on a Centos 6.6
> > and find the compile is failing due to a lack of the strlcpy()
> > and strlcat() string functions.  Googling implies I should
> > either install libbsd-dev or libbsd-devel, neither of which
> > seem to be in the repositories.  I gather that the crux of the
> > problem is that the glibc folks don't like these functions,
> > so they don't include them.  I'm not interested in the politics,
> > I just want to build opendkim, and I'd rather not reinvent my own
> > version of these string functions.  Any solutions?  suggestions?


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