autogen.sh fails with "'LIBTOOL' is undefined"

[thom-nic]

Apologies if I'm doing something obviously wrong, I'm not well versed in native linux development.

# ./autogen.sh 
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force --warnings=portability -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force --warnings=portability
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --force --warnings=portability
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --force-missing --warnings=portability
libmdnsd/Makefile.am:1: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is undefined
libmdnsd/Makefile.am:1:   The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT'
libmdnsd/Makefile.am:1:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again.
libmdnsd/Makefile.am:1:   If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make sure
libmdnsd/Makefile.am:1:   its definition is in aclocal's search path.
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1

# uname -a
Linux 3a10646176c4 4.9.87-linuxkit-aufs #1 SMP Wed Mar 14 15:12:16 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[thom-nic]

So, I installed libtool on my host machine and made the error go away. I'm not familiar with libtool but my goal is to cross-compile to a busybox (not statically-linked) armhf target. I was able to cross-build by doing the following...

# ./configure --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --prefix=/ CC=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc LD=arm-linux-gnueabi-ld

... snip configure output ...

# make

... snip make output ...

# file mdnsd
mdnsd: Bourne-Again shell script, ASCII text executable, with very long lines
# file .libs/mdnsd 
.libs/mdnsd: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, BuildID[sha1]=bc2dc7f122510249af7acf963c04fd3b65eb508f, not stripped

# make install DESTDIR=/root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs 
Making install in libmdnsd
make[1]: Entering directory '/root/mdnsd/libmdnsd'
make[2]: Entering directory '/root/mdnsd/libmdnsd'
 /bin/mkdir -p '/root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//lib'
 /bin/bash ../libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libmdnsd.la '/root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libmdnsd.so.0.0.0 /root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//lib/libmdnsd.so.0.0.0
libtool: install: (cd /root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//lib && { ln -s -f libmdnsd.so.0.0.0 libmdnsd.so.0 || { rm -f libmdnsd.so.0 && ln -s libmdnsd.so.0.0.0 libmdnsd.so.0; }; })
libtool: install: (cd /root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//lib && { ln -s -f libmdnsd.so.0.0.0 libmdnsd.so || { rm -f libmdnsd.so && ln -s libmdnsd.so.0.0.0 libmdnsd.so; }; })
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libmdnsd.lai /root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//lib/libmdnsd.la
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libmdnsd.a /root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//lib/libmdnsd.a
libtool: install: chmod 644 /root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//lib/libmdnsd.a
libtool: install: arm-linux-gnueabihf-ranlib /root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//lib/libmdnsd.a
libtool: warning: remember to run 'libtool --finish //lib'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/root/mdnsd/libmdnsd'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/mdnsd/libmdnsd'
make[1]: Entering directory '/root/mdnsd'
make[2]: Entering directory '/root/mdnsd'
 /bin/mkdir -p '/root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//bin'
  /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c mquery '/root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//bin'
libtool: warning: 'libmdnsd/libmdnsd.la' has not been installed in '//lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/mquery /root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//bin/mquery
 /bin/mkdir -p '/root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//sbin'
  /bin/bash ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c mdnsd '/root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//sbin'
libtool: warning: 'libmdnsd/libmdnsd.la' has not been installed in '//lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/mdnsd /root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//sbin/mdnsd
 /bin/mkdir -p '/root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//share/doc/libmdnsd'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 README.md LICENSE '/root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//share/doc/libmdnsd'
 /bin/mkdir -p '/root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//include'
 /bin/mkdir -p '/root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//include/libmdnsd'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644  libmdnsd/mdnsd.h libmdnsd/1035.h libmdnsd/sdtxt.h libmdnsd/xht.h '/root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs//include/libmdnsd'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/root/mdnsd'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/mdnsd'

# ./libtool --finish /root/busybox-initramfs/build/rootfs/lib
...

Going to test this now and see if it works as expected.

[troglobit]

There is still some way to go with this project before it's usable to other ppl. Right now you need all the GNU auto-tools to build from GIT, but when it's done (and released) the tarball will contain the a pre-generated stand-alone configure script and Makefile.in file(s).

I haven't tested cross-compiling this project myself yet, but in theory it should work by adding --host=$(CROSS_TARGET) to the configure script.

[thom-nic]

Actually, the above appears to work:
From my device:

# mdnsd $(hostname) 192.168.1.100 80 '/login'
Announcing .local site named 'foodevice' to 192.168.1.100:80 and extra path '/login'

When I query using dns-sd on mac...

$ dns-sd -B _http._tcp                    
Browsing for _http._tcp
DATE: ---Mon 09 Jul 2018---
15:48:51.414  ...STARTING...
Timestamp     A/R    Flags  if Domain               Service Type         Instance Name
15:48:51.416  Add        3   5 local.               _http._tcp.          Brother MFC-asdfasdf
15:48:51.416  Add        3   5 local.               _http._tcp.          switchabcdf
15:48:51.416  Add        3   5 local.               _http._tcp.          switchd12345
15:48:51.416  Add        3   5 local.               _http._tcp.          switchb0012f3
15:48:51.416  Add        3   5 local.               _http._tcp.          Canon MB5000 series
15:48:51.416  Add        3   5 local.               _http._tcp.          switch123123
15:48:51.416  Add        3   5 local.               _http._tcp.          foodevice       <---- it showed up!!
^C

However lookup (PTR record?) changes the hostname:

$ dns-sd -L foodevice _http._tcp
Lookup foodevice._http._tcp.local
DATE: ---Mon 09 Jul 2018---
15:55:46.812  ...STARTING...
15:55:46.813  foodevice._http._tcp.local. can be reached at http-foodevice.local.:80 (interface 5)
 path=/login
^C

Note http-foodevice.local instead of foodevice.local.

Most importantly, A record query looks like it is working correctly:

$ ping http-foodevice.local
PING http-foodevice.local (192.168.8.179): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.952 ms

My primary need is actually, I know the hostname and I want to find its IP in a zeroconf environment. (even though the above is shown on a DHCP network.)

[troglobit]

Cool! :-)

Haven't really read up on the RFC in detail yet, but I'm willing to bet the http- prefix is something from the pre-official RFC days. If you find it in the code (and not mentioned in the RFC) you're very welcome to submit a pull-request to drop it.

[thom-nic]

Yeah it was easy to spot:
https://github.com/troglobit/mdnsd/blob/master/mdnsd.c#L114

It looks like the original intent of the tool was a bit http-service-centric (e.g. I can't specify a _ssh._tcp) but that's less important to me. Also it should not be difficult to specify a service type argument. @troglobit how much do you care about CLI backward compatibility?

[troglobit]

Ah, hiding in plain sight! :)

Haven't gotten around to cleaning up the CLI yet, but was aiming at something similar to what I've done for my other projects, e.g. the uftpd usage paints a quite clear picture.

You're free to clean up and fix whatever you like. Would be neat to fix _ssh._tcp as well ... :-)