[netsa-tools-discuss] SiLK Compilation Issue on RHEL 8

[Xavier Belanger]

Hi,

In order to evaluate SiLK (version 3.19.0) I'm trying to build it
from source on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 test server.
Unfortunately I'm receiving the following error during the compilation
step:

libtool: compile:  gcc -I. -I../../src/include -I../../src/include 
-DNDEBUG -D_ALL_SOURCE=1 -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes 
-Wformat=2 -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wpointer-arith 
-fno-strict-aliasing -O3 -MT probeconf.lo -MD -MP -MF 
.deps/probeconf.Tpo -c probeconf.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/probeconf.o
In file included from probeconf.c:20:
ipfixsource.h:37:10: fatal error: silk/skipfix.h: No such file or directory
  #include <silk/skipfix.h>
           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[3]: *** [Makefile:885: probeconf.lo] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/xavier/silk/silk-3.19.0/src/libflowsource'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:973: all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/xavier/silk/silk-3.19.0/src/libflowsource'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:531: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/xavier/silk/silk-3.19.0/src'
make: *** [Makefile:487: all-recursive] Error 1

When checking for the missing skipfix.h file, one is listed
in a subdirectory:

[xavier at test-rh silk-3.19.0]$ find -name 'skipfix.h'
./src/libflowsource/skipfix.h
[xavier at test-rh silk-3.19.0]$

I have been able to reproduce that issue with a second fresh
attempt.

Before running the 'make' command I have only been running './configure'
without any argument, and there was no error following that step.
The final output is attached.

Does anyone would know what could be causing that issue? Thanks.

Sincerely,
-- 
Xavier Belanger
Network Engineer III - CISSP
Technology Services
The Catholic University of America
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config.status: executing silk_summary commands

    * Configured package:           SiLK 3.19.0
    * Host type:                    x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
    * Source files ($top_srcdir):   .
    * Install directory:            /usr/local
    * Root of packed data tree:     /data
    * Packing logic:                via run-time plugin
    * Timezone support:             UTC
    * Default compression method:   SK_COMPMETHOD_NONE
    * IPv6 network connections:     YES
    * IPv6 flow record support:     NO
    * IPset file compatibility:     SiLK 1.0.0 (record-version=2)
    * IPFIX collection support:     NO
    * NetFlow9 collection support:  NO (No IPFIX support)
    * sFlow collection support:     NO (No IPFIX support)
    * Transport encryption support: YES (-lgnutls)
    * IPA support:                  NO
    * MaxMindDB support:            NO
    * ZLIB support:                 YES (-lz)
    * LZO support:                  YES (-llzo2)
    * SNAPPY support:               NO
    * LIBPCAP support:              YES (-lpcap)
    * C-ARES support:               NO
    * ADNS support:                 NO
    * Python interpreter:           /usr/bin/python3
    * Python support:               NO
    * Build analysis tools:         YES
    * Build packing tools:          YES
    * Compiler (CC):                gcc
    * Compiler flags (CFLAGS):      -I$(srcdir) -I$(top_builddir)/src/include -I$(top_srcdir)/src/include -DNDEBUG -D_ALL_SOURCE=1 -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wformat=2 -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wpointer-arith -fno-strict-aliasing -O3
    * Linker flags (LDFLAGS):
    * Libraries (LIBS):             -llzo2 -lz -ldl -lm