netfilter buglog - Dec 2009 - [Bug 626] New: Execution and compilation problems

http://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=626

           Summary: Execution and compilation problems
           Product: iptables
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: arm
        OS/Version: Debian GNU/Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: blocker
          Priority: P1
         Component: iptables
        AssignedTo: laforge at netfilter.org
        ReportedBy: paul.bussmann at technidata.com


I use version 1.4.6, but it can't be selected in "Version" in this
bug report
form...

I was unable to get iptables running on an ARM/Linux machine.
I'm using Debian-based (Ubuntu) for cross-compilation and Debian/GNU-Linux
(ARM) for execution.

When I configure without "--enable-static" everything compiles fine
and I
transfer the executable on the target device but it complains about missing
compiler when I start it on the target (!) machine. 

root at myhost /tmp
$ ln -s iptables-multi iptables

root at myhost /tmp
$ ./iptables --help
./iptables: line 1: cd: /home/dlmdevelop/arm-src/iptables-1.4.6: No such file
or directory
./iptables: line 1: arm-linux-gcc: command not found


Do I need a compiler on the target (!) device for iptables? I checked the
iptables FAQ but I didn't find anything about that.

I gave it another try with static linking "--enable-static" but this
does not
even compile. The error message is:
[...]
arm-linux-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.    -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE=1 -D_LARGE_FILES
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64        -D_REENTRANT -Wall -Waggregate-return
-Wmissing-declarations    -Wmissing-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wshadow
-Wstrict-prototypes     -Winline -pipe 
-DXTABLES_LIBDIR=\"/home/dlmdevelop/arm-target/libexec/xtables\"
-DXTABLES_INTERNAL -I./include -I./include -I
/var/public/kernel/linux-2.6.11-mm2-karo/include -I
/var/public/kernel/linux-2.6.11-mm2-karo/include -DIPTABLES_MULTI
-DALL_INCLUSIVE -g -O2 -MT iptables_multi-xshared.o -MD -MP -MF
.deps/iptables_multi-xshared.Tpo -c -o iptables_multi-xshared.o `test -f
'xshared.c' || echo './'`xshared.c
mv -f .deps/iptables_multi-xshared.Tpo .deps/iptables_multi-xshared.Po
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `extensions/libext4.a', needed by
`iptables-multi'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dlmdevelop/arm-src/iptables-1.4.6'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

So I tried to build extensions/libext4.a first without the option
"--enable-static", but it can't be compiled anyway:

dlmdevelop at dlmdevelop ~/arm-src/iptables-1.4.6
$ ./configure --disable-ipv6
--with-kernel=/var/public/kernel/linux-2.6.11-mm2-karo --host=arm-linux
--prefix=/home/dlmdevelop/arm-target && make extensions/libext4.a

[...]
config.status: executing libtool commands
make: *** No rule to make target `extensions/libext4.a'.  Stop.

Any help is appreciated!

Best regards
Paul


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------- Comment #1 from paul.bussmann at technidata.com  2009-12-14 09:25
-------
Some stuff resolved:

1) First time, I copied the wrong "iptables-multi". It still contained
the
"relink_command".

2) The compilation did not succeed, because the compilation command
"make" was
skipped. It seems that there is no prerequisite for "make install"
given that
there first needs something to be generated before it can be installed. ;-)

Finally I can execute it on the target and all module stuff could be solved but
it seems that the configured chains do not work...


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kernel at linuxace.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID




------- Comment #2 from kernel at linuxace.com  2009-12-16 20:24 -------
Yes, running make is a prerequisite before "make install".  
> Finally I can execute it on the target and all module stuff could be solved
but
it seems that the configured chains do not work...

Please ask questions about rules on the iptables-user mailing list.  


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