[Xorp-hackers] Adding a XORP Process

[Victor Faion]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 18:41, Atanu Ghosh <atanu at xorp.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You may want to also look in the examples directory, there is a
> directory usermgr that has a simple working example of add a XORP
> process.
>
>        Atanu.
>
>>>>>> "Pavlin" == Pavlin Radoslavov <pavlin at ICSI.Berkeley.EDU> writes:
>
>    Pavlin> Victor Faion <vfaion at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>    >> Hello,
>    >>
>    >> I was trying to create a new XORP process by following the guide. I
>    >> created an interface (.xif file in /xrl/interfaces) and then added
>    >> this to /xrl/intefaces/Makefile.am :
>    >>
>    >> noinst_LTLIBRARIES += libipsfxif.la
>    >> libipsfxif_la_SOURCES = ipsf_xif.hh ipsf_xif.cc
>    >>
>    >> Then I was trying to generate the Makefile.in with automake but it
>    >> wasn't working. I ran automake from the root folder but I go some
>    >> errors:
>    >>
>    >> ...
>    >> xrl/interfaces/Makefile.am:11: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
>    >> xrl/interfaces/Makefile.am:11:   The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is
>    >> to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
>    >> xrl/interfaces/Makefile.am:11:   to `configure.in' and run `aclocal'
>    >> and `autoconf' again.
>    >> xrl/interfaces/Makefile.am:11:   If `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is in
>    >> `configure.in', make sure
>    >> xrl/interfaces/Makefile.am:11:   its definition is in aclocal's search path.
>    >> ...
>    >>
>    >> I checked and AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is in configure.in but when I run
>    >> aclocal I get these errors
>    >>
>    >> /usr/share/aclocal/libmcrypt.m4:17: warning: underquoted definition of
>    >> AM_PATH_LIBMCRYPT
>    >> /usr/share/aclocal/libmcrypt.m4:17:   run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
>    >> /usr/share/aclocal/libmcrypt.m4:17:   or see
>    >> http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
>    >>
>    >> and from autoconf I get the following:
>    >>
>    >> configure.in:173: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DISABLE_SHARED
>    >> If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
>    >> See the Autoconf documentation.
>    >> configure.in:174: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DISABLE_FAST_INSTALL
>    >> configure.in:175: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
>    >> configure.in:176: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
>    >>
>    >> Not really sure if this is the right way to regenerate the
>    >> /xrl/interfaces/Makefile.in from /xrl/interfaces/Makefile.am, perhaps
>    >> XORP has its own scripts to do this?
>
>    Pavlin> Yes, please run ./bootstrap in the top-level XORP directory.
>    Pavlin> However, first make sure that your autoconf/automake/libtool
>    Pavlin> versions are same as those specified in README. After that
>    Pavlin> check the beginning of bootstrap about the executable names that
>    Pavlin> bootstrap assumes. If they are different on your system, then use
>    Pavlin> the corresponding environmental variables to overwrite them.
>
>    Pavlin> Pavlin
>
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Sorry Pavlin I had missed that bit of the guide as it was at the end.
Thanks for the help it's all working now :-)
Atanu: Where did you get the examples directory from? I don't have that one.

Victor