Re: [Dovecot] dovecot pam const

On 15.4.2007, at 7.36, Frank Cusack wrote:

In passdb-pam.c, I found some bits about const with some PAM data
types. Rather than check for each vendor of PAM, better to check for actual const usage ... some vendors have changed const-ness between releases. Also, actually testing constness is great for supporting new implementations that may come out.

Here is the autoconf test I use in pam_otp_auth:

--8<-- # Check PAM headers for brokenness otp_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" # save CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $EXTRA_CFLAGS -Werror"

Otherwise I agree, but this relies on gcc-specific -Werror flag,
which I'd rather not do. At least it would need some generic fallback
mechanism..