[Bro] Bro Installation Problem - Python/GCC

Mon May 10 08:29:50 PDT 2010

It looks like you probably need the python-devel package.  I've added
some dependencies to the Bro Wiki:

http://www.bro-ids.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bro_OS_Dependencies&action=edit&redlink=1

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Tyler Schoenke
Network Security Analyst
IT Security Office
University of Colorado - Boulder

On 05/08/2010 06:25 PM, Faisal Iqbal wrote:
> Hi,
> I've installed Bro 1.5.1 on a Ubuntu 9.04 machine and its working fine
> however when I try to install the same version on RHEL 5 machine I'm
> getting errors during compile. More specifically, it gives gcc errors
> for broccoli_intern_wrap.c file. I have python/gcc etc on that machine
> and I'm using shipped version of pcap [that is the only big difference
> between two machines apart from OS I think]. Below is the output of make
> 
> *************************************************************************
> running build
> running build_py
> running build_ext
> building '_broccoli_intern' extension
> gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
> -I/home/iqbalf/bro/bro-1.5.1/aux/broccoli/src -fPIC -I../../src
> -I/usr/local/include/python2.6 -c broccoli_intern_wrap.c
> -o /home/iqbalf/bro/bro-1.5.1/aux/broctl/.python-build/temp.linux-i686-2.6/broccoli_intern_wrap.o
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘valToPyObj’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:2638: warning: pointer targets in passing
> argument 1 of ‘PyString_FromStringAndSize’ differ in signedness
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘pyObjToVal’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:2724: warning: pointer targets in assignment
> differ in signedness
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘event_callback’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:2818: warning: suggest explicit braces to avoid
> ambiguous ‘else’
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_BroCtx_lock_func_set’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:3236: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer
> will break strict-aliasing rules
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_BroCtx_id_func_set’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:3288: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer
> will break strict-aliasing rules
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_BroCtx_dl_create_func_set’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:3340: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer
> will break strict-aliasing rules
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_BroCtx_dl_lock_func_set’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:3392: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer
> will break strict-aliasing rules
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_BroCtx_dl_free_func_set’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:3444: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer
> will break strict-aliasing rules
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_packet_pkt_time_set’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4649: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
> type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_packet_pkt_time_get’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4672: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
> type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_packet_pkt_hdr_size_set’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4702: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
> type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_packet_pkt_hdr_size_get’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4725: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
> type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function
> ‘_wrap_bro_packet_pkt_link_type_set’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4755: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
> type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function
> ‘_wrap_bro_packet_pkt_link_type_get’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4778: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
> type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_packet_pkt_pcap_hdr_set’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4789: error: storage size of ‘arg2’ isn’t known
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4811: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
> type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4814: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
> type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4789: warning: unused variable ‘arg2’
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_packet_pkt_pcap_hdr_get’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4826: error: storage size of ‘result’ isn’t known
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4837: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
> type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4838: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to
> incomplete type ‘struct pcap_pkthdr’ 
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4838: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to
> incomplete type ‘struct pcap_pkthdr’ 
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4826: warning: unused variable ‘result’
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_packet_pkt_data_set’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4867: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
> type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_packet_pkt_data_get’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4890: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
> type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_packet_pkt_tag_set’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4923: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
> type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4925: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
> type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_packet_pkt_tag_get’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4950: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete
> type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_new_bro_packet’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:4963: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to
> incomplete type ‘struct bro_packet’ 
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_event_add_val’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:5585: warning: assignment discards qualifiers
> from pointer target type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_event_set_val’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:5655: warning: assignment discards qualifiers
> from pointer target type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_event_registry_add’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:5846: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer
> will break strict-aliasing rules
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_record_add_val’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:6810: warning: assignment discards qualifiers
> from pointer target type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_record_set_nth_val’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:6996: warning: assignment discards qualifiers
> from pointer target type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_record_set_named_val’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:7067: warning: assignment discards qualifiers
> from pointer target type
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_table_foreach’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:7252: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer
> will break strict-aliasing rules
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_set_foreach’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:7450: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer
> will break strict-aliasing rules
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_conn_set_packet_ctxt’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:7519: warning: implicit declaration of function
> ‘bro_conn_set_packet_ctxt’
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_conn_get_packet_ctxt’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:7549: warning: implicit declaration of function
> ‘bro_conn_get_packet_ctxt’
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_packet_new’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:7590: warning: implicit declaration of function
> ‘bro_packet_new’
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_packet_clone’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:7614: warning: implicit declaration of function
> ‘bro_packet_clone’
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_packet_free’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:7635: warning: implicit declaration of function
> ‘bro_packet_free’
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c: In function ‘_wrap_bro_packet_send’:
> broccoli_intern_wrap.c:7666: warning: implicit declaration of function
> ‘bro_packet_send’
> error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
> make[4]: *** [pybroccoli] Error 1
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/iqbalf/bro/bro-1.5.1/aux/broctl'
> make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/iqbalf/bro/bro-1.5.1/aux'
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/iqbalf/bro/bro-1.5.1/aux'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/iqbalf/bro/bro-1.5.1'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> *************************************************************************
> 
> 
> I get similar output if just try to run setup.py in
> aux/broccoli/bindings/python
> 
> Note that I didn't have any trouble in configure and it found everything
> it needed [with shipped pcap switch]
> 
> I tried searching the mailing list and other resources but couldn't find
> anything about this or a similar error. I'll greatly appreciate if you
> could help me in this matter as I'm stuck on this for several days. Do
> tell me if you need anything else or a complete output for
> configure/make
> 
> Thank you for your time :)
> 
> Faisal iqbal
> 
> P.S.    python version 2.6.1
>         gcc/g++ version 4.1.2
> 
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