Bro & freebsd

[rmkml]

ok good,
possible send this file to me ?
and possible add this file to bro 08 current ?
Regards
Rmkml at Wanadoo.fr


On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Vern Paxson wrote:

> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 14:35:38 -0800
> From: Vern Paxson <vern at icir.org>
> To: rmkml <rmkml at wanadoo.fr>
> Cc: bro at listserv.lbl.gov
> Subject: Re: Bro & freebsd
>
> > I don't find this file on my freebsd box,
>
> It is renamed by the Makefile.  The Makefile steps will look like:
>
> 	bif_parse.h bif_parse.cc: builtin-func.y bif_arg.h bif_type.def
> 		$(YACC) $(YFLAGS) builtin-func.y
> 		@mv y.tab.h bif_parse.h
> 		@mv y.tab.c bif_parse.cc
>
> so you'll find y.tab.c as bif_parse.cc.
>
> That said, checking my email archives reveals that this is a FreeBSD 4.9
> problem with its bison installation, and not a Bro problem, per the appended.
> As a work-around, I can send you the bif_parse.cc that's generated using
> my version of bison - that should build okay for you.
>
> 		Vern
>
>
> Date:  Fri, 02 Jan 2004 09:22:46 -0800
> From:  Vern Paxson <vern at jaguar.icir.org>
> Subject:  Re: Error compiling bro-pub-0.8a58
> To:  Richard Bejtlich <richard_bejtlich at yahoo.com>
>
> Well, the problem line is:
>
> #if defined (__GNUC_MINOR__) && 2093 <= (__GNUC__ * 1000 + __GNUC_MINOR__)
>   __attribute__ ((__unused__))
> #endif
>
> but that's not anything from the Bro sources.  It must be from your version
> of bison (1.875), which is much more recent than the version I use.  So I'm
> afraid I can't help you further with untangling it - it's some sort of
> configuration problem or mismatch w/ gcc version.
>
> > I'm interested in Bro because I cite you as an IDS
> > pioneer in a book I'm writing, and I'd like to briefly
> > describe how to get Bro working on a FreeBSD system.
>
> Great!
>
> > I've only dabbled with Bro but I want to give the
> > reader an easy guide to installation and basic use.
> > Your install doc is quite thorough, but do you have a
> > "rapid deployment" guide of sorts you could share?
>
> There's a "Getting Started" section in the manual, but currently that's it.
>
> 		Vern
>