Bugzilla Bug 30540

make[3]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/snort-2.0.2/work/snort-2.0.2/src'
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I../src -I/usr/include/pcap
-I../src/output-plugins -I../src/detection-plugins -I../src/preprocessors 
-I/usr/include/mysql -DENABLE_MYSQL -DENABLE_RESPONSE -D_BSD_SOURCE
-D__BSD_SOURCE -D__FAVOR_BSD -DHAVE_NET_ETHERNET_H -DLIBNET_LIL_ENDIAN
-I/usr/local/include -I/sw/include  -march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe
-fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -DENABLE_SMB_ALERTS -c `test -f 'sfthreshold.c' ||
echo './'`sfthreshold.c
In file included from sfthreshold.c:23:
util.h:42: error: syntax error before "netmasks"
util.h:42: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `netmasks'
util.h:42: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
make[3]: *** [sfthreshold.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/snort-2.0.2/work/snort-2.0.2/src'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/snort-2.0.2/work/snort-2.0.2/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/snort

Reproducible: Always
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I've masked this on sparc until this problem is resolved.

Has this actually worked for anyone?

Created an attachment (id=19006) [edit]
proposed snort-2.0.2 patch

Adding '#include <sys/types.h>' to src/util.h before the declaration using
'u_long' lets things compile nicely.

2.0.2 compiles now fine