Bug 884275 – net-libs/libpcap-1.10.1-r2 - configure: error: reflex is insufficient to compile libpcap.

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Toralf Förster 2022-12-04 11:24:40 UTC]

checking for lex library... none needed
checking for library containing yywrap... -lfl
checking whether yytext is a pointer... yes
checking for capable lex... insufficient
configure: error: reflex is insufficient to compile libpcap.
 libpcap requires Flex 2.5.31 or later, or a compatible version of lex.


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  name: 17.1-j4-20221203-182649

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GNUMAKEFLAGS="$GNUMAKEFLAGS --jobserver-style=pipe"
GNUMAKEFLAGS="$GNUMAKEFLAGS --shuffle"
CC=clang
CXX=clang++
gcc-config -l:
 [1] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-12 *
clang/llvm (if any):
clang version 15.0.6
Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /usr/lib/llvm/15/bin
Configuration file: /etc/clang/clang.cfg
/usr/lib/llvm/15
15.0.6
Python 3.10.8
Available Rust versions:
  [1]   rust-bin-1.65.0 *
The following VMs are available for generation-2:
*)	Eclipse Temurin JDK 17.0.5_p8 [openjdk-bin-17]
2)	Eclipse Temurin JDK 8.352_p08 [openjdk-bin-8]
Available Java Virtual Machines:
  [1]   openjdk-bin-8 
  [2]   openjdk-bin-17  system-vm

php cli (if any):

  HEAD of ::gentoo
commit 7bbdf3dc6374b331312172066f5ab5ec2a20619b
Author: Repository mirror & CI <[e-mail]>
Date:   Sun Dec 4 00:02:08 2022 +0000

    2022-12-04 00:02:07 UTC

emerge -qpvO net-libs/libpcap
[ebuild  N    ] net-libs/libpcap-1.10.1-r2  USE="-bluetooth -dbus -netlink -rdma -remote -static-libs -test -usb -verify-sig -yydebug" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)"

[Comment 1 Toralf Förster 2022-12-04 11:24:41 UTC]

Created attachment 839659 [details]
emerge-info.txt

[Comment 2 Toralf Förster 2022-12-04 11:24:42 UTC]

Created attachment 839661 [details]
emerge-history.txt

[Comment 3 Toralf Förster 2022-12-04 11:24:43 UTC]

Created attachment 839663 [details]
environment

[Comment 4 Toralf Förster 2022-12-04 11:24:44 UTC]

Created attachment 839665 [details]
etc.clang.tar.bz2

[Comment 5 Toralf Förster 2022-12-04 11:24:45 UTC]

Created attachment 839667 [details]
etc.portage.tar.bz2

[Comment 6 Toralf Förster 2022-12-04 11:24:46 UTC]

Created attachment 839669 [details]
logs.tar.bz2

[Comment 7 Toralf Förster 2022-12-04 11:24:47 UTC]

Created attachment 839671 [details]
net-libs:libpcap-1.10.1-r2:20221204-031007.log

[Comment 8 Toralf Förster 2022-12-04 11:24:48 UTC]

Created attachment 839673 [details]
temp.tar.bz2

[Comment 9 Larry the Git Cow 2022-12-30 07:59:04 UTC]

The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=39b68aa3e8f76e368e3f322c75a8f923d2fb3e7d

commit 39b68aa3e8f76e368e3f322c75a8f923d2fb3e7d
Author:     Sam James <[e-mail]>
AuthorDate: 2022-12-30 07:57:49 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <[e-mail]>
CommitDate: 2022-12-30 07:57:49 +0000

    net-libs/libpcap: force LEX=flex
    
    Already BDEPENDing on it...
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/884275
    Signed-off-by: Sam James <[e-mail]>

 net-libs/libpcap/libpcap-1.10.1-r2.ebuild |  8 +++++---
 net-libs/libpcap/libpcap-9999.ebuild      | 17 +++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)