asterisk users - Apr 2007 - Cannot compile 1.4.2 on Slackware 7

Hi All,

I am trying to upgrade an old Asterisk installation to 1.4.2 (it's
currently running CVS-08/02/04-15:15:26) but have hit a couple of
problems.

The first was easily fixed. I got "storage size of sin isn't
known"
errors whilst compiling streamplayer.c, but after seeing
http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=4908#32012
I manually added "#include <netinet/in.h>" to the top of
streamplayer.c and this compiled OK. (Should I file a bug for this?)

However I'm currently stuck here:

/usr/src/asterisk-1.4.2# make
   [LD] aelparse.o aelbison.o pbx_ael.o ael_main.o ast_expr2f.o
ast_expr2.o strcompat.o -> aelparse
aelparse.o: In function `ael_yylex':
/usr/src/asterisk-1.4.2/include/asterisk/strings.h:167: undefined
reference to `__builtin_expect'
ast_expr2f.o: In function `ast_expr':
/usr/src/asterisk-1.4.2/include/asterisk/strings.h:167: undefined
reference to `__builtin_expect'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [aelparse] Error 1
make: *** [utils] Error 2

I don't know enough about the internals of Asterisk to know what I
should be looking for - is the configure script perhaps not checking
for a required library?

The machine is quite old, so it is possible I need to upgrade/add
something - but what?

# uname -a
Linux myserver 2.4.25 #5 Wed Jan 26 18:20:35 GMT 2005 i686 unknown
# cat /etc/slackware-version
7.0.0

If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it!

Cheers,

Jonathan

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Jonathan Hunter wrote:
> /usr/src/asterisk-1.4.2# make
>   [LD] aelparse.o aelbison.o pbx_ael.o ael_main.o ast_expr2f.o
> ast_expr2.o strcompat.o -> aelparse
> aelparse.o: In function `ael_yylex':
> /usr/src/asterisk-1.4.2/include/asterisk/strings.h:167: undefined
> reference to `__builtin_expect'
> ast_expr2f.o: In function `ast_expr':
> /usr/src/asterisk-1.4.2/include/asterisk/strings.h:167: undefined
> reference to `__builtin_expect'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[1]: *** [aelparse] Error 1
> make: *** [utils] Error 2
Given the age of your distribution, I suspect your compiler is too old.
What version of GCC are you using?

Jonathan Hunter wrote:
> The machine is quite old, so it is possible I need to upgrade/add
> something - but what?
>
> # uname -a
> Linux myserver 2.4.25 #5 Wed Jan 26 18:20:35 GMT 2005 i686 unknown
> # cat /etc/slackware-version
> 7.0.0
Slackware 7!  Upgrade to something from this century!  Seriously, 7.0 is 
so old that you should not be using it.  It's not supported with 
security updates and uses older versions of glibc (which may be part of 
your problem).
> If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it!
Slackware 11.0 was recently released.  Move to that.  There isn't 
anything special that would make it run less fast than 7.0 does on your 
hardware.  You'll also have the option of installing a 2.6x kernel which 
will bring you to the 21 century.

I used slackware back to version 3.0.  It's a very clean distro.

If this is a dedicated Asterisk box, consider looking at Astlinux.  We 
will be releasing 0.4.5 in the next week or so with some major 
upgrades/improvements.  For now, you can grab the release candidate 
images from here:  http://www.djhsolutions.com/astlinux

Darrick

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Darrick Hartman
DJH Solutions, LLC
http://www.djhsolutions.com