Bug 460262 – net-misc/bridge-utils-1.5 fails to build with sys-kernel/linux-headers-3.8: /usr/include/linux/if_bridge.h:172:20: error: field 'ip6' has incomplete type

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Guillaume Castagnino 2013-03-04 12:28:17 UTC]

net-misc/bridge-utils-1.5 fails to build with sys-kernel/linux-headers-3.8.
Reverting to sys-kernel/linux-headers-3.7 fixes this issue.


There is a second issue because even if the building of the "brctl" command fails, portage still creates a package and install it, but missing the binary. Which is quite weird... I only noticed the build failure because I missed the brctl tool, whereas the bridge-utils package is installed !
# qlist bridge-utils
/usr/share/man/man8/brctl.8.bz2
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/ChangeLog.bz2
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/RPM-GPG-KEY.bz2
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/FAQ.bz2
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/FIREWALL.bz2
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/README.bz2
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/WISHLIST.bz2
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/HOWTO.bz2
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/AUTHORS.bz2
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/THANKS.bz2
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/PROJECTS.bz2
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/TODO.bz2
/usr/share/doc/bridge-utils-1.5/SMPNOTES.bz2



>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/net-misc/bridge-utils-1.5/work/bridge-utils-1.5 ...
make -j5
for x in libbridge brctl doc; do make - --jobserver-fds=3,4 -j -C $x ; done
make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-misc/bridge-utils-1.5/work/bridge-utils-1.5/libbridge'
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -g -I/usr/include  -c libbridge_devif.c
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -g -I/usr/include  -c libbridge_if.c
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -g -I/usr/include  -c libbridge_init.c
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -g -I/usr/include  -c libbridge_misc.c
In file included from libbridge.h:24:0,
                 from libbridge_if.c:26:
/usr/include/linux/if_bridge.h:172:20: error: field 'ip6' has incomplete type
In file included from libbridge.h:24:0,
                 from libbridge_misc.c:24:
/usr/include/linux/if_bridge.h:172:20: error: field 'ip6' has incomplete type
In file included from libbridge.h:24:0,
                 from libbridge_devif.c:28:
/usr/include/linux/if_bridge.h:172:20: error: field 'ip6' has incomplete type
make[1]: *** [libbridge_if.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
In file included from libbridge.h:24:0,
                 from libbridge_init.c:28:
/usr/include/linux/if_bridge.h:172:20: error: field 'ip6' has incomplete type
make[1]: *** [libbridge_misc.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [libbridge_init.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [libbridge_devif.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-misc/bridge-utils-1.5/work/bridge-utils-1.5/libbridge'
make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-misc/bridge-utils-1.5/work/bridge-utils-1.5/brctl'
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -march=native -O2 -mtune=native -pipe -I../libbridge -I/usr/include  -c brctl.c
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -march=native -O2 -mtune=native -pipe -I../libbridge -I/usr/include  -c brctl_cmd.c
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -march=native -O2 -mtune=native -pipe -I../libbridge -I/usr/include  -c brctl_disp.c
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `../libbridge/libbridge.a', needed by `brctl'.  Stop.
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
In file included from ../libbridge/libbridge.h:24:0,
                 from brctl.c:25:
/usr/include/linux/if_bridge.h:172:20: error: field 'ip6' has incomplete type
In file included from ../libbridge/libbridge.h:24:0,
                 from brctl_disp.c:24:
/usr/include/linux/if_bridge.h:172:20: error: field 'ip6' has incomplete type
In file included from ../libbridge/libbridge.h:24:0,
                 from brctl_cmd.c:25:
/usr/include/linux/if_bridge.h:172:20: error: field 'ip6' has incomplete type
make[1]: *** [brctl.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [brctl_disp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [brctl_cmd.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-misc/bridge-utils-1.5/work/bridge-utils-1.5/brctl'
make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-misc/bridge-utils-1.5/work/bridge-utils-1.5/doc'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/net-misc/bridge-utils-1.5/work/bridge-utils-1.5/doc'
>>> Source compiled.



# emerge --info bridge-utils
Portage 2.2.0_alpha165 (default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop, gcc-4.7.2, glibc-2.16.0, 3.8.1-gentoo x86_64)
=================================================================
                         System Settings
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-3.8.1-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Quad_CPU_Q9300_@_2.50GHz-with-gentoo-2.2
KiB Mem:     3977872 total,    775348 free
KiB Swap:    1716448 total,   1540580 free
Timestamp of tree: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:00:01 +0000
ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1
app-shells/bash:          4.2_p42
dev-java/java-config:     2.1.12-r1
dev-lang/python:          2.7.3-r3, 3.2.3-r2
dev-util/cmake:           2.8.10.2-r1
dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.28
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.2
sys-apps/openrc:          0.11.8
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.6
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.13, 2.69
sys-devel/automake:       1.9.6-r3, 1.11.6, 1.13.1
sys-devel/binutils:       2.23.1
sys-devel/gcc:            4.7.2-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config:     1.8
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4.2
sys-devel/make:           3.82-r4
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.8 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.16.0
Repositories: gentoo gcpan_overlay xwing local
Installed sets: @system
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -mtune=native -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/polkit-1/actions /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-2.0"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -mtune=native -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps y"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildsyspkg collision-protect config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr"
FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.gentoo.org/ ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/     http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ http://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/ http://gentoo.tiscali.nl/"
LANG="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_ALL="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--sort-common"
MAKEOPTS="-j5"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/gcpan-portage /usr/local/portage/portage /usr/local/portage/local-portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac acl acpi additions alsa amd64 bash-completion branding bzip2 cairo caps cdda cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dvb dvd dvdnav dvdr emboss encode exif extensions firefox flac fontconfig fortran g3dvl gif gles gles2 gpm gtk gtk2 iconv idn inotify iproute2 ipv6 ithreads jpeg kde lcms libkms libnotify live llvm lzma mad matroska minizip mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap multilib ncurses network nls nptl nsplugin ofx ogg opengl openmp openssl pam pango pcre pdf png policykit qt3support qt4 rdesktop readline sasl scanner semantic-desktop session spell sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg tcpd theora threads tiff truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb v4l vaapi vdpau vim-pager vim-syntax vnc vorbis x264 xattr xcb xml xorg xv xvid xvmc zip zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="fr" NGINX_MODULES_HTTP="access auth_basic autoindex browser charset empty_gif fastcgi gzip headers_more limit_req limit_conn map proxy realip referer rewrite stub_status upstream_ip_hash userid" PHP_TARGETS="php5-4" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" SANE_BACKENDS="plustek" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nouveau" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON

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                        Package Settings
=================================================================

net-misc/bridge-utils-1.5 was built with the following:
USE="(multilib)" ABI_X86="64"

[Comment 1 Pavel Volkov 2013-03-04 20:24:57 UTC]

Same happens to me.
What's really unexpected is that emerge succeeds and installs some files even though the actual build threw errors.

[Comment 2 Guillaume Castagnino 2013-03-04 21:29:04 UTC]

Created attachment 340968 [details, diff]
brctl kernel headers 3.8 fix

I fixed the build with this patch that add the missing include that defines the ip6 struct.

But honestly, I don't know if this is the correct fix, and I cannot check upstream, since their website is dead...

[Comment 3 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2013-03-06 17:27:59 UTC]

Fixed in tree. Indeed if_bridge.h is no longer self-contained. It's not unheard of, cdrom.h for example needs limits.h for INT_MAX, just to name one example.
Linux headers are often like that :-/

[Comment 4 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2013-03-09 12:26:14 UTC]

*** Bug 460536 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 5 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2013-09-04 08:28:23 UTC]

*** Bug 470280 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 6 Mike Auty (RETIRED) 2013-09-05 10:48:51 UTC]

For those wondering, this has been resolved for bridge-utils-1.5, but not 1.4 (which is the currently stable one), which is why we're still getting duplicates of it 6 months on ...