compilation error

[alex]

Binary package hint: udpcast

The package used in ubuntu (also in Debian??) is an old one. So I downloaded a new version on udpcast.linux.lu.
./configure works fine, but make give me the following errors:
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wall -Wshadow -DBB_FEATURE_UDPCAST_FEC -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DUSE_SYSLOG -DUSE_ASSEMBLER -O6 -DNO_BB -I. -I. -c -o udp-receiver.o udp-receiver.c
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wall -Wshadow -DBB_FEATURE_UDPCAST_FEC -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DUSE_SYSLOG -DUSE_ASSEMBLER -O6 -DNO_BB -I. -I. -c -o socklib.o socklib.c
In file included from socklib.c:40:
/usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:18: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘__u32’
/usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:35: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘__u32’
/usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:52: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘__u32’
/usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:60: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘__u32’
/usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:66: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘__u32’
/usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:74: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘__u32’
/usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:83: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘__u32’
/usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:179: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘__u32’
/usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:201: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘__u32’
/usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:226: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘__u32’
/usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:239: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘__u32’
/usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:248: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘__u32’
/usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:254: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘__u32’
socklib.c: In function ‘hasLink’:
socklib.c:512: error: ‘struct ethtool_value’ has no member named ‘cmd’
socklib.c:521: error: ‘struct ethtool_value’ has no member named ‘data’
socklib.c: In function ‘udpc_isFullDuplex’:
socklib.c:541: error: ‘struct ethtool_cmd’ has no member named ‘cmd’
socklib.c:550: error: ‘struct ethtool_cmd’ has no member named ‘duplex’
make: *** [socklib.o] Error 1

Alain (Alain Knaff, developer of udpcast) reported me, that the package compiles under Suse, Fedora and other ones.

As he is no expert in ubuntu, he don't know how to resolve this error.

Thanx

Al

[Lluis Gras (serni)]

It seems that changing lines 35-38 in socklib.c helps.

#ifdef __linux__
typedef unsigned long long u64;
typedef unsigned int u32;
typedef unsigned short u16;
typedef unsigned char u8;

to

#ifdef __linux__
typedef unsigned long long __u64;
typedef unsigned int __u32;
typedef unsigned short __u16;
typedef unsigned char __u8;

[alex (alex-linux-lu)]

Thank you.
But why does ubuntu need this?

[alex (alex-linux-lu)]

This is only needed in Ubuntu

[Lluis Gras (serni)]

> This is only needed in Ubuntu
>
> ** Changed in: udpcast (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed
>
> --
> compilation error
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/73248
>
>

Sorry ... i'm not a C coder, only a teacher cloning hd at school ;-)

I've seen it at
http://<email address hidden>/msg09154.html
when i was compiling under Debian testing.

[alex (alex-linux-lu)]

Can't it be upgraded to a new version in the repositories, because these use a very old package (from 2004).

Al