linux-kernel - Re: ipv6 redefinition build issue with 4.15-rc8

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Message-ID: <794202f5-e993-444f-f3fd-891276795926@monom.org>
Date:   Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:59:40 +0100
From:   Daniel Wagner <wagi@...om.org>
To:     Neil MacLeod <neil@...cleod.com>, Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>
Cc:     connman@...ts.01.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: ipv6 redefinition build issue with 4.15-rc8

Hi Neil,

On 01/16/2018 07:51 PM, Neil MacLeod wrote:
> Since this commit in 4.15-rc8:
> 
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6926e041a8920c8ec27e4e155efa760aa01551fd
> 
> building connman 1.35 with glibc 2.26 now fails as follows:
> 
> http://ix.io/EbP
> 
> I'm not sure if this is a kernel issue, a glibc issue, or a connman issue.
> 
> Reverting the kernel commit resolves the issue, but isn't ideal (unless 
> it's the correct solution, of course).
> 
> Does anyone have any better ideas?

Since ConnMan does not redefine 'struct in6_addr' and friends I would 
say it is kernel/glibc header include problem. But I might be wrong here.

@Hauke: Do you happen to know what is going on?

Thanks,
Daniel