Unable to compile snort-2.8.3.ebuild without "dynamicplugin" USE flag (off by default) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -pv snort Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] net-analyzer/snort-2.8.3 USE="-dynamicplugin -flexresp2 -gre -inline -linux-smp-stats -mysql -odbc -perfprofiling -postgres -prelude (-selinux) -sguil -timestats" 0 kB [1] 2. emerge snort Actual Results: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -Wall -DDETECTION_OPTION_TREE -DGRE -fno-strict-aliasing -Wl,-O1 -o snort codes.o debug.o decode.o log.o mstring.o parser.o profiler.o plugbase.o snort.o snprintf.o strlcatu.o strlcpyu.o tag.o ubi_BinTree.o ubi_SplayTree.o util.o detect.o signature.o mempool.o sf_sdlist.o fpcreate.o fpdetect.o pcrm.o byte_extract.o sfthreshold.o packet_time.o event_wrapper.o event_queue.o inline.o ppm.o log_text.o -L/usr/lib output-plugins/libspo.a detection-plugins/libspd.a dynamic-plugins/libdynamic.a preprocessors/libspp.a preprocessors/flow/portscan/libportscan.a preprocessors/flow/libflow.a parser/libparser.a target-based/libtarget_based.a preprocessors/HttpInspect/libhttp_inspect.a preprocessors/Stream5/libstream5.a sfutil/libsfutil.a /usr/lib/libpcre.so -lz -lbz2 -lpcap -lm -lnsl detection-plugins/libspd.a(detection_options.o): In function `detection_option_key_compare_func': detection_options.c:(.text+0xafe): undefined reference to `PreprocessorRuleOptionCompare' detection_options.c:(.text+0xcb3): undefined reference to `DynamicRuleCompare' detection-plugins/libspd.a(detection_options.o): In function `detection_option_hash_func': detection_options.c:(.text+0xd68): undefined reference to `PreprocessorRuleOptionHash' detection_options.c:(.text+0xf48): undefined reference to `DynamicRuleHash' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status Expected Results: My suggestion: turn "dynamicplugin" option on by default. Portage 2.1.5.6 (default/linux/x86/2008.0, gcc-4.3.2, glibc-2.7-r2, 2.6.26-gentoo-r2 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.26-gentoo-r2 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.00GHz Timestamp of tree: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:47:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [disabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6 dev-lang/python: 2.5.2-r7 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0 sys-apps/openrc: 0.2.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r2 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /etc/bacula /opt/openfire/resources/security/ /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks noinfo notitles parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="ru_RU.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages/x86" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude-from=/etc/portage/rsync_excludes" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://192.168.0.99/gentoo-portage" USE="acl apache2 audit bash-completion berkdb bzip2 caps cli dri gdbm gnutls gpm iconv isdnlog kerberos logrotate midi mudflap ncurses nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre perl pppd python readline reflection sasl session spl sse2 ssl sysfs syslog tcpd threads truetype unicode vim-syntax x86 xattr xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" 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="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon nv vesa vga fbdev" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS
Where did you get this ebuild? There is no version 2.8.3 in portage. # eix net-analyzer/snort net-analyzer/snort Available versions: 2.4.5 2.6.1.3-r1 ~2.6.1.4 [M]~2.7.0.1 {dynamicplugin flexresp flexresp2 gre inline linux-smp-stats mysql odbc perfprofiling postgres prelude react selinux sguil snortsam ssl timestats} Homepage: http://www.snort.org/ Description: Libpcap-based packet sniffer/logger/lightweight IDS
Taken from http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198205
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 198205 ***
