libcap-ng fails with kernel headers 2.6.37

[Matthias Klose]

XATTR_NAME_CAPS isn't defined anymore. Any replacement?

/bin/bash ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I. -I.. -fPIC -DPIC -W -Wall -Wshadow -Wformat -Wundef -D_GNU_SOURCE -g -O2 -MT cap-ng.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/cap-ng.Tpo -c -o cap-ng.lo cap-ng.c
libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I. -I.. -fPIC -DPIC -W -Wall -Wshadow -Wformat -Wundef -D_GNU_SOURCE -g -O2 -MT cap-ng.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/cap-ng.Tpo -c cap-ng.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/cap-ng.o
cap-ng.c: In function 'get_bounding_set':
cap-ng.c:225:70: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional expression
cap-ng.c: In function 'capng_get_caps_fd':
cap-ng.c:325:21: error: 'XATTR_NAME_CAPS' undeclared (first use in this function)
cap-ng.c:325:21: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
cap-ng.c: In function 'capng_apply_caps_fd':
cap-ng.c:539:25: error: 'XATTR_NAME_CAPS' undeclared (first use in this function)
make[2]: *** [cap-ng.lo] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/scratch/packages/tmp/libcap-ng-0.6.4/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/scratch/packages/tmp/libcap-ng-0.6.4/src'
make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2

[Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw)]

I took 0.6.5 version from upstream and it builds fine - maybe worth updating?

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

XATTR_NAME_CAPS did move to another include file, linux/xattr.h

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

thanks for both comments

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package libcap-ng - 0.6.5-0ubuntu1

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libcap-ng (0.6.5-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream version.
    - Reflect changed include file for XATTR_NAME_CAPS. LP: #684969.
  * debian/rules: Fix installation for python2.7.
 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:11:19 +0100