syslog-ng v3.4.8 issue on solaris sparc 8

[lojha]

Attempting to compile syslog-ng v3.4.8 from source on solaris sparc 8 fails with

logsource.c: In function ‘log_source_msg_ack’:
logsource.c:85: error: ‘CLOCK_MONOTONIC’ undeclared (first use in this function)
logsource.c:85: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
logsource.c:85: error: for each function it appears in.)

[algernon]

Can you try adding this line to the top of lib/logsource.c, below all the #include lines?

#ifndef CLOCK_MONOTONIC
#define CLOCK_MONOTONIC CLOCK_REALTIME
#endif

[lojha]

Thanks a lot for your quick response !!

That fixed the issue related to 'CLOCK_MONOTONIC'. but again it failed with below errors:

CCLD examples/amqp_bind
librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_connection.o): In function amqp_d64': /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference tontohll'
librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_connection.o): In function amqp_send_frame': /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_connection.c:415: undefined reference tosend'
librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_connection.o): In function amqp_e64': /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference tohtonll'
librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_framing.o): In function amqp_d64': /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference tontohll'
/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference to ntohll' /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference tontohll'
/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference to ntohll' /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference tontohll'
librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_framing.o):/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: more undefined references to ntohll' follow librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_framing.o): In functionamqp_e64':
/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference to htonll' /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference tohtonll'
/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference to htonll' /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference tohtonll'
/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference to htonll' librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_framing.o):/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: more undefined references tohtonll' follow
librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_socket.o): In function amqp_open_socket': /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c:66: undefined reference togetaddrinfo'
/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c:79: undefined reference to socket' /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c:93: undefined reference tosetsockopt'
/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c:107: undefined reference to freeaddrinfo' /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c:93: undefined reference toconnect'
librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_socket.o): In function amqp_send_header': /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c:121: undefined reference tosend'
librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_socket.o): In function wait_frame_inner': /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c:211: undefined reference torecv'
librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_table.o): In function amqp_d64': /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference tontohll'
/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference to ntohll' librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_table.o): In functionamqp_e64':
/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference to hton librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_table.o): In functionamqp_encode_field_value':
/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference to hton librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_table.o): In functionamqp_e64':
/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference to hton /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h:251: undefined reference tohton
librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-socket.o): In function amqp_socket_socket': /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/unix/socket.c:60: undefined reference tosocket
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[6]: *** [examples/amqp_bind] Error 1
make[6]: Leaving directory `/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c'
make[5]: *** [all] Error 2

To get a workaround related to 'ntohll' added file 'modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_private.h' as suggested in

http://lists.rabbitmq.com/pipermail/rabbitmq-discuss/2012-October/023165.html

#if defined(__sparc)
#define ntohll(x) (x)
#define htonll(x) (x)
#endif

that fixed complaining about 'ntohll' and 'htonll' but again failed with:

CCLD examples/amqp_bind
librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_connection.o): In function amqp_send_frame': /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_connection.c:415: undefined reference tosend'
librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_socket.o): In function amqp_open_socket': /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c:66: undefined reference togetaddrinfo'
/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c:79: undefined reference to socket' /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c:93: undefined reference tosetsockopt'
/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c:107: undefined reference to freeaddrinfo' /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c:93: undefined reference toconnect'
librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_socket.o): In function amqp_send_header': /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c:121: undefined reference tosend'
librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-amqp_socket.o): In function wait_frame_inner': /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c:211: undefined reference torecv'
librabbitmq/.libs/librabbitmq.a(librabbitmq_librabbitmq_la-socket.o): In function amqp_socket_socket': /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/unix/socket.c:60: undefined reference tosocket'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[6]: *** [examples/amqp_bind] Error 1
make[6]: Leaving directory /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c' make[5]: *** [all] Error 2 make[5]: Leaving directory/export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c'
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

[algernon]

That can also be fixed with forcing an -lsocket when linking librabbitmq-c, but... if you don't need the amqp destination, you can turn it off entirely with --disable-amqp passed to configure, and all of the above mess could be avoided that way.

If you need the amqp destination... well, the fix is a little bit more involved in that case.

[lojha]

what could be the fix......is it just commenting the line of code which has referenced symbol names??

for eg...if I comment line number 121 in amqp_socket.c....it is not complaining about this sysmbol.

amqp_send_header': /export/syslog/syslog-ng-3.4.8/modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c:121: undefined reference tosend'

Also is it safe if we do modify the code like this way? will it impact any of syslog functionality ?

[algernon]

If you want to be able to send to an AMQP broker, then yes, modifying the code this way would break that functionality. If not, it is easier to use --disable-amqp. The problem is that on Solaris, if you use network functions like socket, you need to link with -lsocket. The rabbitmq-c library syslog-ng bundles does not do that, hence your issues. Fixing that is a little bit problematic, as rabbitmq-c is not under our control.

Disabling AMQP will not impact the normal syslog functionality, though, so that's the easiest way.

Another way is to edit modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c/Makefile.am, and add a line like AM_LDFLAGS = -lsocket -lnsl to it.

[lojha]

Thank you for prompt replies and solution