Comment 11 for bug 1508225

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Jon Maloy (maloy) wrote : RE: [Bug 1508225] Re: tipc tool isn't built in iproute2

Hi,
Yes, I tried it, and it worked fine.

Thanks
///jon

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> Sent: Tuesday, 05 April, 2016 06:52
> To: Jon Maloy
> Subject: [Bug 1508225] Re: tipc tool isn't built in iproute2
>
> Hi Jon,
>
> Can you test a new iproute2 package in this ppa:kick-d/upload ?
>
> Regards,
> Pierre-André
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1508225
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> Title:
> tipc tool isn't built in iproute2
>
> Status in iproute2 package in Ubuntu:
> In Progress
> Status in iproute2 package in Debian:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> A new tool "tipc" was added to iproute2 v 4.1.1, needed for managing
> the TIPC kernel module.
>
> Despite being present in the source code, it has not been built in the current
> iproute2 package that comes with 15.10, something forcing all users to check out
> the code and build it manually.
> The reason for the buld failure is that it has a dependency to libmnl-dev,
> although this is not listed in the dependency list. Stephen Hemminger has
> confirmed that that using libmnl in iproute2 is ok, but unfortunately the
> dependency has been made optional, meaning that the build will just silently
> bypass TIPC is libmnl-dev is not found.
>
> If you just add libmnl-dev to the dependency list and make sure it is
> available when iproute2 is built the problem should be solved. On our
> side we will try to have the optionality removed from iproute2.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
> Package: iproute2 4.1.1-1ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
> Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> Date: Tue Oct 20 17:56:42 2015
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-20 (0 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151019)
> SourcePackage: iproute2
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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