libs, headers, and compilations

Christopher Chan christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
Mon Oct 11 03:49:41 UTC 2010


On Monday, October 11, 2010 11:00 AM, Verde Denim wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Verde Denim <tdldev at gmail.com
> <mailto:tdldev at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Christopher Chan
>     <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
>     <mailto:christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk>> wrote:
>
>         Hi Jack,
>
>          > > checking for linux/if_arp.h usability... no
>          > > checking for linux/if_arp.h presence... yes
>          > > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: present but cannot be
>         compiled
>          > > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: check for missing
>          >     prerequisite headers?
>          > > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: see the Autoconf
>         documentation
>          > > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: section "Present But Cannot
>          >     Be Compiled"
>          > > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: proceeding with the
>          >     preprocessor's
>          > > result
>          > > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: in the future, the
>         compiler will
>          > > take precedence
>          > > checking for linux/if_arp.h... yes
>
>          > Any thoughts on the other two warnings concerning wireless.h
>         and if_arp.h?
>
>         Just try running 'make dep' and then make to see if things will
>         actually
>         not compile. Google gave a hack that does not seem right to me
>         so this
>         warning could be a false warning for I found another post that just
>         ignored the warnings.
>
>     Ok. I ran make dep and then make and then make install. Same
>     results. It compiles successfully, but still has those two warnings.
>     I've been googling and searching through forums at bt, airodump and
>     secjetlib and only found a single thread with 0 responses. Maybe
>     your last comment about these being warnings that can be ignored are
>     correct. I'll complete the setup and give the app a test run to be
>     sure. Thanks much for the replies - I appreciate your feedback.
>
>     Jack
>
>
> Update: Both console and web interfaces seem to work ok! I guess those
> warnings can be tabled for the moment. If it turns out they have a
> hiccup somewhere I'll keep digging and, if I find the solution, I'll
> post it here. The only glitch in their instructions is giving a link to
> setup mysql for the database and having that link go 404... I guess they
> want everyone to go to Postgres...

I have seen a post to make that compile error go away but I doubt that 
you really want to muck around with a kernel header file. Better go 
postgresql.




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