netdev - Re: [iproute PATCH v2 2/7] Use C99 style initializers everywhere

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2016 19:17:31 +0200
From:	Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
To:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemming@...cade.com>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>,
	Julien Floret <julien.floret@...nd.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [iproute PATCH v2 2/7] Use C99 style initializers everywhere

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 11:13:11AM -0600, David Ahern wrote:
> On 6/21/16 11:03 AM, Phil Sutter wrote:
> >> I downloaded CentOS 5 and 6. iproute2 fails to compile on CentOS 5.11;
> >> ip command builds on 6.8 but with a flurry of redefinition errors
> >> (BUILD_BUG_ON), but fails at tc.
> >
> > What's the exact error message please? Maybe some incompatibility in
> > kernel headers? Although that shouldn't be ...
[...]
>      CC       tc_bpf.o
> tc_bpf.c:41:26: error: linux/if_alg.h: No such file or directory

Ah! Looks like this header is missing in iproute2's copy of kernel
headers.

Stephen, would you import the missing one?

Thanks, Phil