Upgrading to FreeRADIUS-3.x

[Alan DeKok]

On Dec 20, 2017, at 8:39 AM, kiran kumar <kirankumar9856 at gmail.com> wrote:
> We are upgrading FreeRADIUS from 2.x to 3.x, during our work around with
> FreeRADIUS-2.x we have created modules in c/c++. Now we need to update
> these modules as per FR-3.x standards but modules created in c++ code do
> not get compiled (with below errors) even after re-structuring the module
> as FR3.x standards.

  Linking C++ libraries to a C program isn't really a good idea.  It might work, but C++ is very different from C.

> /usr/include/freeradius/libradius.h:190:25: error: '<anonymous>' declared
> as a 'virtual' field
>  unsigned int virtual : 1;    //!< for dynamic expansion
>                         ^

  Hmm... all of the header files have "extern C" things which *should* tell your C++ compiler to compile the header in "C" mode.

> Is it high necessary that FR-3.x modules are to be written only in c-code ?

  No.

> Is there any way to overcome this issue ?

  If there's an issue with the headers, we can add patches in to help them compile with C++.

  But there are a few related questions... why C++?  Why not C?  If it's not a lot of code, it should be possible to re-write it in C.

  Also, why a custom module?  If it's useful code, it's good to send the code back so that everyone else can use it.

  What you're doing now is really creating a private / proprietary fork of FreeRADIUS, and then asking us to support it.  That's not something we can really help you with.

  Alan DeKok.