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diff --git a/README.irix b/README.irix new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f305b90546 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.irix @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +To: ethereal-dev@zing.org +Subject: Re: [ethereal-dev] Ethereal on SGI +From: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@yahoo.com> +Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 12:19:31 -0400 + + |> Just tried to build ethereal on SGI IRIX. configure failed because + |> there is no net/bpf.h. + +Thanks for all the help. I pulled the latest today (0.7.3), and after a +few fix-ups, I got it built. Here are the tweaks I needed to build it for +SGI IRIX 6.5 using gcc. + +========== +PROBLEM #1 +========== + + Ethereal doesn't use RPATH (see ld(1) for shared library linking on all + platforms that support it (e.g. SGI IRIX, FreeBSD ELF, etc.), just + Solaris it appears. Instead, ethereal recommends use of the + LD_LIBRARY_PATH hack which causes all sorts problems. + + On SGI IRIX this is -rpath to the linker, on Solaris -R, on FreeBSD ELF + --rpath, etc. + + SOLUTION: Slip in my linker flags when configuring ethereal so it can + find libgtk, libgmodule, libsnmp, etc. at run-time without + LD_LIBRARY_PATH: + + env LDFLAGS="-rpath $HOME/software/gtk+-1.2.3/lib:$HOME/software/glib-1.2.3/lib:/usr/local/lib" configure --prefix=$HOME/software/ethereal-0.7.3 --with-gtk-prefix=$HOME/software/gtk+-1.2.3 + + BETTER SOLUTION: Modify configure to support RPATH for more platforms + than Solaris. + +========== +PROBLEM #2 +========== + + __P not defined -- packet-snmp.c fails to build + (gcc version 2.95.1 19990816 (release), SGI IRIX 6.5.5f) + + SOLUTION: Include gnuc.h -- it defines it + + --- ORIG/packet-snmp.c Mon Aug 30 11:10:17 1999 + +++ packet-snmp.c Sat Sep 18 11:35:45 1999 + @@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ + */ + + +#include "gnuc.h" + + + #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H + # include "config.h" + +Randall + +=============================================================================== + +Problem #1: + +checking for GTK - version >= 1.2.0... 186062:./conftest: rld: Fatal Error: Cannot Successfully map soname 'libgtk-1.2.so.1' under any of the filenames /usr/lib32/libgtk-1.2.so.1:/usr/lib32/internal/libgtk-1.2.so.1:/lib32/libgtk-1.2.so.1:/opt/lib32/libgtk +no +*** Could not run GTK test program, checking why... +*** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means +*** that the run-time linker is not finding GTK or finding the wrong +*** version of GTK. If it is not finding GTK, you'll need to set your +*** LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, or edit /etc/ld.so.conf to point +*** to the installed location Also, make sure you have run ldconfig if that +*** is required on your system +*** +*** If you have an old version installed, it is best to remove it, although +*** you may also be able to get things to work by modifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH +*** +*** If you have a RedHat 5.0 system, you should remove the GTK package that +*** came with the system with the command +*** +*** rpm --erase --nodeps gtk gtk-devel +configure: error: GTK+ distribution not found. + +============================================================================== + +Problem #2: + +gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -Wall -g -O2 -Iwiretap -I/home/rhh/software/gtk+-1.2.3/include -I/home/rhh/software/glib-1.2.3/lib/glib/include -I/home/rhh/software/glib-1.2.3/include -c packet-snmp.c +In file included from packet-snmp.c:62: +/usr/local/include/ucd-snmp/asn1.h:131: parse error before `__P' +/usr/local/include/ucd-snmp/asn1.h:132: parse error before `__P' +/usr/local/include/ucd-snmp/asn1.h:133: parse error before `__P' +/usr/local/include/ucd-snmp/asn1.h:134: parse error before `__P' +/usr/local/include/ucd-snmp/asn1.h:135: parse error before `__P' +... +packet-snmp.c: In function `dissect_snmp': +packet-snmp.c:344: warning: implicit declaration of function `asn_parse_header' +packet-snmp.c:358: warning: implicit declaration of function `snmp_comstr_parse' +packet-snmp.c:358: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast +packet-snmp.c:407: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast +... +packet-snmp.c: In function `proto_register_snmp': +packet-snmp.c:869: warning: implicit declaration of function `init_mib' +gmake[2]: *** [packet-snmp.o] Error 1 +gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/home/rhh/software/PKGS/t/ethereal-0.7.3' +gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 +gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rhh/software/PKGS/t/ethereal-0.7.3' +gmake: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2 + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Problem #3 (same as Problem #1): + +> ./ethereal +189684:./ethereal: rld: Fatal Error: Cannot Successfully map soname 'libsnmp.so' under any of the filenames /home/rhh/software/gtk+-1.2.3/lib/libsnmp.so:/home/rhh/software/glib-1.2.3/lib/libsnmp.so:/usr/lib32/libsnmp.so:/usr/lib32/internal/libsnmp.so:/lib32/libsnmp.so:/opt/lib32/libsnmp.so: + |