> On 26 May 2024, at 09:24, sawbona@??? wrote:
>
> Hello:
>
> My system runs on Devuan Daedalus and uses the SLiM fork by Robert
> Pierce.
>
> v1.4.0-0devuan2 has a problem when used on a system such as mine
> (with more than one monitor) which seems to have been addressed by RP
> in v1.4.1, not yet available in the Devuan repository.
>
> So I downloaded v1.4.1 and followed the instructions to compile it
> but seem to have come across a problem.
>
> Compiling is a complete novelty to me so I cannot make hads or tails
> from what happened.
>
> The process was running properly (?) till it got to *this*:
>
> ---- snip ----
>
> [ 46%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/libslim.dir/PAM.cpp.o
> /usr/bin/c++ -DAPPNAME=\"slim\" -DHAVE_SHADOW
> -DPKGDATADIR=\"/opt/share/slim\" -DSYSCONFDIR=\"/etc\"
> -DVERSION=\"1.4.1\" -Dlibslim_EXPORTS
> -I/home/groucho/code/slim_141/build
> -I/home/groucho/code/slim_141/slim-1.4.1 -I/usr/include/freetype2
> -fPIC -MD -MT CMakeFiles/libslim.dir/PAM.cpp.o -MF
> CMakeFiles/libslim.dir/PAM.cpp.o.d -o
> CMakeFiles/libslim.dir/PAM.cpp.o -c
> /home/groucho/code/slim_141/slim-1.4.1/PAM.cpp
> In file included from
> /home/groucho/code/slim_141/slim-1.4.1/PAM.cpp:13:
> /home/groucho/code/slim_141/slim-1.4.1/PAM.h:13:10: fatal error:
> security/pam_appl.h: No such file or directory
> 13 | #include <security/pam_appl.h>
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> compilation terminated.
> make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/libslim.dir/build.make:149:
> CMakeFiles/libslim.dir/PAM.cpp.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/groucho/code/slim_141/build'
> make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:138: CMakeFiles/libslim.dir/all]
> Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/groucho/code/slim_141/build'
> make: *** [Makefile:139: all] Error 2
>
> ---
>
> Like I mentioned, this is all happening on an up to date Devuan
> Daedalus installation, upgraded from Devuan Chimaera.
>
> --- code ---
> ~$ uname -a
> Linux devuan 6.1.0-21-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.90-1
> (2024-05-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux
> ~$
> --- /code ---
>
> Save for the screens problem, version 1.4.0 works properly.
>
> I have posted a ticket at
> https://sourceforge.net/p/slim-fork/tickets/11/ but I think R. Pierce
> is ill so, if at all possible, it may be a good idea to update the
> Devuan repository.
>
> I can test the binary or compile v1.4.1 and test it if you can let me
> know how to fix the glitch.
>
> ie: security/pam_appl.h: No such file or directory
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Best,
>
> CIV
`apt-file search pam_appl` shows that file exists in the libpam0g-dev package. Try installing that package and it should fix the compile error.
Tom
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Re: [devuan-dev] SLiM 1.4.0 problem…
