turns out this is still necessary for a while longer

diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 580328e..8eb0aac 100755 (executable)
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ else
 EXTRA_CFLAGS+=         -W
 endif
 EXTRA_CFLAGS+=         -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-cast-qual
+EXTRA_CFLAGS+=         -Wno-strict-prototypes
 EXTRA_LDFLAGS=         -Wl,--as-needed
 
 DEBHELPER_VERSION:=    9