Bug#989235: p11-kit FTBFS on hurd-any

Helmut Grohne helmut at subdivi.de
Sun May 30 12:24:17 BST 2021


On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 06:17:09PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 5:00 PM Helmut Grohne <helmut at subdivi.de> wrote:
> > ...
> > p11-kit fails to build from source on hurd-any. The immediate reason is
> > an undefined macro SIZE_MAX in p11-kit/lists.c. It happens that this
> > file fails to #include <stdint.h>, which is generally required for
> > SIZE_MAX. I'm attaching a patch for this.
> 
> There are different philosophies about SIZE_MAX. The one that wins on
> Hurd is, SIZE_MAX is a vulnerability.
> 
> Also see https://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2021/04/msg00045.html.

Could it be that you are confusing PATH_MAX and SIZE_MAX?

This was also totally not the interesting piece of my report. The other
issue needs help. This one is well-understood.

Helmut



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