[Bro] Bro Installation Problem - Python/GCC

Mon May 10 15:08:46 PDT 2010

See the thread ending with the following link.  That sounds like what
you are seeing.

http://mailman.icsi.berkeley.edu/pipermail/bro/2008-July/003583.html

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

On 05/10/2010 03:43 PM, Faisal Iqbal wrote:
> Hi,
> I have double-checked and python-devel package was installed. python-tools and ruby packages were missing. However even after installing those packages, I'm still getting the exact same error during make.
> 
> -Faisal
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tyler T. Schoenke [mailto:Tyler.Schoenke at Colorado.EDU] 
> Sent: May-10-10 9:30 AM
> To: faisal.iqbal at ucalgary.ca
> Cc: bro at ICSI.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject: Re: [Bro] Bro Installation Problem - Python/GCC
> 
> 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
> 
> --
> 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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