the OPEN_MAX define has been removed in newer kernel headers so use the proper method of getting the value dynamically http://bugs.gentoo.org/195861 --- a/rdisc.c +++ b/rdisc.c @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ void do_fork(void) if ((pid=fork()) != 0) exit(0); - for (t = 0; t < OPEN_MAX; t++) + for (t = 0; t < sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX); t++) if (t != s) close(t);