openssh unix dev - Aug 2003 - setres[gu]id implicit decl warning on Linux glibc

Hi,

With recent snapshots, I noted a warning in compilation on Red Hat Linux 
7.3 system with glibc 2.2.5:

uidswap.c: In function `permanently_set_uid':
uidswap.c:155: warning: implicit declaration of function `setresgid'
uidswap.c:168: warning: implicit declaration of function `setresuid'

The problem appears to be that these should be prototyped in unistd.h, but
aren't. There are no prototype for these anywhere at all. The man page
gives a hint that this is a long-standing bug/feature.

On the other hand, the definitions seem to exist in glibc 2.3.

I looked a bit how to fix this in openssh, but couldn't quickly figure a 
nice way to do it.  It may not be worth a fix anyway.

Just letting you folks know, if someone has a nice autoconf trick handy 
(for example) or is bothered by this warning..

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Pekka Savola wrote:
[snip]
> uidswap.c: In function `permanently_set_uid':
> uidswap.c:155: warning: implicit declaration of function `setresgid'
> uidswap.c:168: warning: implicit declaration of function `setresuid'
[snip]
> Just letting you folks know, if someone has a nice autoconf trick handy
> (for example) or is bothered by this warning..
You can check check the declaration before searching libraries for the
function, eg:

AC_CHECK_DECL(strsep, [AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strsep)])

I don't think it's worth the hassle to just suppress a warning as it
will
prevent the function from being used.

(The strsep check is there because it resolves an actual problem on AIX).

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