diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 3f8946d9aaaa1c9b98e3f467fc4ebd50dfe504f4..ec0f0e606513720d6efd8094ed9e2d3b459865c9 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ DEVFLAGS=@DEVFLAGS@
 	@/bin/mv -f build/$@epics/config build/$@epics-config
 	@/bin/rm -rf target/$@epics build/$@epics;
 	@echo Building EPICS sequencers...
-	@env RCG_SRC_DIR=$(srcdir) PERL5LIB=$(srcdir)/src/epics/util bear make -f config/Makefile.$@epics RCG_SRC_DIR=$(srcdir) >> $@.log 2>>$@_error.log || (tail $@.log; cat $@_error.log && /bin/false)
+	@env RCG_SRC_DIR=$(srcdir) PERL5LIB=$(srcdir)/src/epics/util make -f config/Makefile.$@epics RCG_SRC_DIR=$(srcdir) >> $@.log 2>>$@_error.log || (tail $@.log; cat $@_error.log && /bin/false)
 	@echo Done
 	@($(srcdir)/src/epics/util/nameLengthChk.pl $@) >> $@.log 2>>$@_error.log || (tail $@.log; cat $@_error.log && /bin/false)
 	@/bin/mkdir -p build/$@epics
diff --git a/src/epics/seq/main.cc b/src/epics/seq/main.cc
index d2f89ca59e771715e924d2ac81e436e3cbd569c5..acdaa35467493f5d3e564209f4b7ae02267e52ac 100644
--- a/src/epics/seq/main.cc
+++ b/src/epics/seq/main.cc
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ using ADDRESS = dbAddr;
 
 
 // Function prototypes		****************************************************************************************
-int checkFileCrc(const char *);
+extern "C" int checkFileCrc(const char *);
 bool isAlarmChannelRaw(const char *);
 int checkFileMod( const char* , time_t* , int );
 unsigned int filtCtrlBitConvert(unsigned int);
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ checkFileMod( const char* fName, time_t* last_mod_time, int gettime )
 /// Common routine to check file CRC.
 ///	@param[in] *fName	Name of file to check.
 ///	@return File CRC or -1 if file not found.
-int checkFileCrc(const char *fName) {
+extern "C" int checkFileCrc(const char *fName) {
     char cbuf[128];
     char *cp;
     int flen = 0;