[lists/~alpine-devel] shadow 4.14 build errors on Alpine Linux

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Hi,

I've noticed both Alpine Linux has a patch <fix-undefined-reference.patch> for shadow, and that Void Linux considered picking it.

The most likely reason for that patch was the bug reported by Gentoo: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/791 and fixed in 4.14.1: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/pull/792 https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/pull/794

We never knew why it failed. It was an obscure problem with the autotools-based build system. But we fixed it with the big hammer.

Please drop that patch, since the issue has been fixed upstream. And please report any build errors upstream.

Have a lovely day! Alex

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See the release annotations, which document the fix:

    $ git show 4.14.1
    tag 4.14.1
    Tagger: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
    Date:   Mon Sep 25 18:00:29 2023 +0200

    shadow-4.14.1 (Casín) - shadow utils

    Bugfix release.  Changes since shadow-4.14.0:

    shadow-4.14.1:

    -  Build system:

     -  Merge libshadow and libmisc into a single libshadow.  This fixes
        problems in the linker, which were reported at least in Gentoo.

And also documented in 4.15.0:

    $ git show 4.15.0
    tag 4.15.0
    Tagger: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
    Date:   Fri Mar 8 16:06:06 2024 -0600

    Release 4.14.0: dubliner

    -  libshadow:
       -  Use utmpx instead of utmp.  This fixes a regression introduced in
          4.14.0.
       -  Fix build error (parameter name omitted).
    -  Build system:
       -  Link correctly with libdl.
       -  Install pam configs for chpasswd(8) and newusers(8) when using
          `./configure --with-libpam --disable-account-tools-setuid`.

     -  Merge libshadow and libmisc into a single libshadow.  This fixes
        problems in the linker, which were reported at least in Gentoo.

       -  Fix build with musl libc.
       -  Support out of tree builds
    -  useradd(8):
       -  Set proper SELinux labels for def_usrtemplate

-- https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/

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